Philip Booth

Philip Edmund Booth (October 8, 1925— July 2, 2007) was an American poet and educator; he has been called "Maine's clearest poetic voice." [Anonymous editor of [http://web.archive.org/web/20060909223001/http://www.wilsonmuseum.org/calendar_details.html Wilson Museum calendar] , 2006. Retrieved September 9, 2006.]

Life

Booth was born in 1925 in Hanover, New Hampshire. Booth served in the United States Air Force in the Second World War. He then attended Dartmouth College, where he studied with Robert Frost; he received his B.A. in 1947. He subsequently received an M.A. from Columbia University. Booth married Margaret Tillman in 1946; they had three daughters. [] Poem selected for "The Best American Poetry 1999". ["Narrow Road: Presidents' Day," from "The American Poetry Review". Reprinted in Bly, Robert (1999). "The Best American Poetry 1999" (Scribner, 1999). ISBN 0-684-86003-1 ] Poets' Prize (2001) for "Lifelines".

Poetry collections

* "Lifelines: Selected Poems, 1950-1999" (Viking Press, 1999). ISBN 0-670-88287-9
* "Pairs" (Viking Penguin, New York, 1994). ISBN 0-140-58724-1
* "Selves" (Viking Penguin, New York, 1990). ISBN 0-140-58646-6
* "Relations" (Viking Penguin, 1986). ISBN 0-140-58560-5
* "Before Sleep" (Viking Adult, 1980). ISBN 0-670-15529-2
* "Available Light" (Viking Adult, 1976). ISBN 0-670-14310-3
* "Margins" (Viking Adult, 1970). ISBN 0-670-45623-3
* "Weathers and Edges" (Viking Adult, 1966). ISBN 0-670-75509-5
* "The Islanders" (Viking Adult, 1961). ISBN 0-670-40221-4
* "Letter from a Distant Land" (Viking, 1957). ASIN B000BYR9AE

Additional bibliography

* Booth, Philip (1996). "Trying to Say It: Outlooks and Insights on How Poems Happen" (University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor). ISBN 0-472-06586-6
* Booth, Philip and Ibatoulline, Bagram (2001). "Crossing" (Candlewick) ISBN 0-763-61420-3 . Children's book based on the poem "Crossing" from "Letter from a Distant Land"; the book was illustrated by Ibatoulline.

References

External links

* [http://www.bpj.org/poems/booth_equinox.html "Post-Equinox Spectra"] , poem posted at website of [http://www.bpj.org/ "Beloit Journal of Poetry"] . Retrieved December 21, 2006.
* [http://poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=178118 "Adding It Up"] and [http://poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=178120 "Terms"] are posted at the website of The Poetry Foundation. Retrieved December 21, 2006.
* [http://poetryfoundation.org/archive/poet.html?id=695 "Philip Booth"] , biography and critical appreciation posted at the website of The Poetry Foundation. Retrieved August 2, 2007.
* [http://www.poemhunter.com/philip-booth/poems/ 12 poems] posted at the PoemHunter.com website; retrieved December 21, 2006.
* [http://www.autograff.com/berleant/pages/activ.html#love Love's Ways: Three Songs to Poems by Philip Booth] composed in 1996-7 by [http://www.autograff.com/berleant/ Arnold Berleant] . The poems are "First Song", "Chances", and "The Dancer".
* [http://www.library.umaine.edu/nancyogle/mp3/chances.wav Nancy Ogle's performance of "Chances"] , a song by Arnold Berleant based on Booth's poem of the same name.