Hilda Conkling poems Conkling (Hilda) poems undated

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Hilda Conkling poems Conkling (Hilda) poems undated

Hilda Conkling (1910-1986) was a poet who produced all of her work by age fourteen. This collection includes three of her poems printed by the Bread Loaf School of English at Middlebury College in Vermont under the title of “Hill Songs.”

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Redwood Library & Athenaeum

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Bread Loaf School of English (Middlebury College)

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Conkling, Hilda, 1910-

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Hilda Conkling (1910-1986), poet, was the daughter of poet and Smith College English professor, Grace Hazard Conkling (1878-1958). Hilda is noteworthy for having composed her entire body of poetic work as a young child between the ages of four and fourteen. She did not write down her poems, instead her mother transcribed Hilda’s spoken work and submitted it for publications. Her work appeared in various magazines and three volumes of her poetry were published by the tim...