Robert Lowell (1917 - 1977)

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Robert Lowell was born in Boston, Massachusetts to a distinguished family; his ancestors include poets James Russell Lowell and Amy Lowell. Following his family's expectations, he attended Harvard University, but under the advice of the psychiatrist who treated him for the first of many breakdowns and manic episodes, transferred to Kenyon College. There he studied with poet John Crowe Ransom...and met lifelong friends and literary mentors Peter Taylor and Randall Jarrell. After graduation from.. Continue..

Some of Robert Lowell Poems

Water

For the Union Dead

Skunk Hour

Man And Wife

Memories of West Street and Lepke

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	It's the light of the oncoming train.

- Robert Lowell

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