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Nancy Byrd Turner

I lived from 1880-1971. I was from the United States, and am in the Americas category.

Nancy Byrd Turner was born in 1880 in Boydton, Virgina. She had published a number of poems, novels, and song lyrics for children during her lifetime. She also served on the editorial staff of Youth Companion, Atlantic Monthly, and The Independent Magazine. In 1930 she received The Golden Rose, the highest award of the New England Poetry Society.
Turner was a descendent of both Thomas Jefferson and Pocohantas. Through her father's family she was related to Jefferson, and through her mother's side her ancestry was traced to Pocohantas. As a young child, Nancy Byrd Turner began her writing career by writing verse. During her life she contributed to many magazines in both the United States and England. Nancy Byrd Turner was both editor and poet for magazines published in England and the United States. She was also a popular lecturer.
Turner died in 1971 at the age of 91.

My poetry

  • Black and Gold
    Everything is black and gold,
    Black and gold, to-night:
    13 lines, 1 comment
  • Death is a Door
    Death is only an old door
    Set in a garden wall
    12 lines, 1 comment
  • Lincoln
    There was a boy of other days,
    A quiet, awkward, earnest lad,
    20 lines
  • First Thanksgiving of All
    Peace and Mercy and Jonathan,
    And Patience (very small),
    24 lines
  • Here is this day
    Here is this day,
    Across the fields of darkness softly come
    17 lines, 1 comment
  • Men Go Out from the Places Where They Dwelled
    Men go out from the places where they dwelled,
    They know not why not whither, overborne
    16 lines
  • The Quarrel
    The Wooden Dog and the China Cat
    Face to face in the doll-house sat,
    28 lines
  • Love of Country
    Who loves his country will not rest
    Content with vow and pledge alone,
    12 lines

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