A Brief Bio
" . . clouds that far above me float and pause,
whose pathless march no mortal can control!"
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 - 1834) France: An Ode-
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Oh, how lovely Samuel, who was born near Devon,
the son of a vicar and school headmaster.
He was a vicarious reader as a child, in particular
works of fantasy . . .
and as an adult, he was a poet, literary critic and philosopher.
He married a woman he did not love, and soon detested her,
resulting in marital woes, sadness and nightmares,
causing crippling bouts of depression and anxiety,
soon, bi-polar and in time an opium addict.
Many of his poems reflect the deep anguish and struggle,
and in time, he became alienated from his family and friends.
The last eighteen years of his life spent in solitude under doctors care-
Yet, this man wrote the most heartfelt and beautiful poems.
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December 15, 2016 (Re-post)
Poetry/Bio/A Brief Bio
Copyright Protected, ID 16-1217-301-0
All Rights Reserved. Written under Pseudonym.
Submitted into Strand Poetry Contest
sponsor, Brian Strand
Honorable Mention
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