Sara Teasdale (1884-1933) was an American lyric poet known for her intimate and emotional poetry. Her collections, including “Helen of Troy and Other Poems”
Sara Teasdale
Sara Teasdale (August 8, 1884 – January 29, 1933) was an American lyric poet known for her romantic and classical style. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Teasdale was the youngest child of a wealthy family. She was home-schooled until she was nine and later attended private schools.
Teasdale began writing poetry at a young age and her first poem was published in a local newspaper in 1907. Her first collection of poems, “Sonnets to Duse and Other Poems,” was published in 1907, and her second collection, “Helen of Troy and Other Poems,” followed in 1911.
In 1914, Teasdale married Ernst Filsinger, a businessman, and they moved to New York City. She continued to write and publish poetry, including her collections “Rivers to the Sea” (1915), “Love Songs” (1917), and “Flame and Shadow” (1920). Her poetry was known for its simplicity, emotional intensity, and lyrical beauty, often exploring themes of love, nature, and death.
Teasdale received numerous awards for her poetry, including the Columbia University Poetry Society Prize (1918), the Poetry Society of America Prize (1918), and the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1918 for her collection “Love Songs.”
Despite her success, Teasdale suffered from poor health and depression throughout her life. After her divorce from Filsinger in 1929, she moved back to St. Louis. On January 29, 1933, at the age of 48, Teasdale took her own life with an overdose of sleeping pills.
Teasdale’s poetry has been praised for its technical perfection, musical quality, and emotional depth. Her work continues to be widely read and admired, cementing her place as one of the most important American poets of the early 20th century.
August Moonrise by Sara Teasdale
Sara Teasdale (1884-1933) was an American lyric poet known for her intimate and emotional poetry. Her collections, including “Helen of Troy and Other
Helen of Troy by Sara Teasdale
Sara Teasdale (August 8, 1884 – January 29, 1933) was an American lyric poet known for her passionate and highly personal poetry.
The New Moon by Sara Teasdale
Sara Teasdale (August 8, 1884 – January 29, 1933) was an American lyric poet known for her passionate and highly personal poetry.
Wisdom by Sara Teasdale
Wisdom by Sara Teasdale It was a night of early spring, The winter-sleep was scarcely broken; Around us shadows and the wind Listened for what was never spoken. Though half a score of years are gone, Spring comes as sharply now as then— But if we had it all to do It would be done…
Wild Asters by Sara Teasdale
Wild Asters by Sara Teasdale In the spring I asked the daisies If his words were true, And the clever little daisies Always knew. Now the fields are brown and barren, Bitter autumn blows, And of all the stupid asters Not one knows. Sara Teasdale (1884-1933) was an American lyric poet known for her intimate…
WORDS FOR AN OLD AIR by Sara Teasdale
Sara Teasdale (1884-1933) was an American lyric poet known for her intimate and emotional poetry. Her collections, including
Those Who Love by Sara Teasdale
Those Who Love by Sara Teasdale Those who love the most Do not talk of their love; Francesca, Guenevere, Dierdre, Iseult, Heloise In the fragrant gardens of heaven Are silent, or speak, if at all, Of fragile, inconsequent things. And a woman I used to know Who loved one man from her youth, Against the…
The Blind by Sara Teasdale
The Blind by Sara Teasdale The birds are all a-building, They say the world’s a-flower, And still I linger lonely Within a barren bower. I weave a web of fancies Of tears and darkness spun. How shall I sing of sunlight Who never saw the sun? I hear the pipes a-blowing, But yet I may…