Dilys Laing

Dilys Laing
Dilys Bennett Laing (1906 in North Wales – 1960) was an American poet.
Education
She was educated in England and Canada. She married Alexander Laing, a Dartmouth College graduate, and later professor, in 1936 and became an American citizen. They had one son.
Career
She was a writer, poet, and artist. She was admired by such contemporary poets as Robert Lowell. She died in 1960.
She was included in the Norton Anthology of Literature by Women.
Her papers are held at Dartmouth College.
Bibliography
Journal contributions
Growl Scares Dog, Good Housekeeping, New York, January, 1942
Nautilus, Poetry Magazine, Volume 60, April 1942, Page 23
To A Mathematician, June 13, 1942, The New Yorker, June 13, 1942, p. 17
Eros Out of the Sea, Poetry Magazine, Volume 64, June 1944, Page 137
2 Poems, Yale Review Winter 1944
That time of year, Harper's Magazine, January 1943, p.168
Occult Adventure, Poetry Magazine, Volume 65, January 1945, Page 191
Genesis and Exodus, Poetry Magazine, Volume 68, April 1946, Page 11
Root and Branch, Poetry Magazine, Volume 68, April 1946, Page 11
The Bell, Poetry Magazine, Volume 68, April 1946, Page 11
Proof and Reproof, Yale Review, Summer 1946
Men at Work, Harper's Magazine, January 1948, p.38
Love has so Terrible a Face, Yale Review Autumn 1947
Rescue, Poetry Magazine, Volume 72, May 1948, Page 74
The Uncreation, Poetry Magazine, Volume 72, May 1948, Page 74
Welcome Song, Poetry Magazine, Volume 72, May 1948, Page 74
Harsh Return, Poetry Magazine, Volume 75, March 1950, Page 332
Time Is All a Year, Poetry Magazine, Volume 79, March 1952, Page 321
The Proud, Poetry Magazine, Volume 79, March 1952, Page 321
To Dolores Preserved, Poetry Magazine, Volume 79, March 1952, Page 321
Dance of Burros, Poetry Magazine, Volume 81, December 1952, Page 174
Afternoon of a Forethinker, Poetry Magazine, Volume 82, May 1953, Page 72
Capsule Dragon, Poetry Magazine, Volume 82, August 1953, Page 255
Saint Giotto of Assisi, Poetry Magazine, Volume 83, February 1954, Page 256
I Shall Know, Poetry Magazine, Volume 83, February 1954, Page 256
The Catch, Poetry Magazine, Volume 85, October 1954, Page 13
Profan Witness, The Beloit Poetry Journal, Fall 1955
Let Them Ask Their Husbands, The Nation, January 4, 1958
I Attend a Reception for a Visiting Celebrity, The Nation, May 24, 1958
Walled City, The Nation, December 27, 1958
Don't Tread on Us, The Nation, January 31, 1959
The Compassionate Torturers, The Nation, April 23, 1960
Threnody on the Demise of As and Now, The Nation, March 19, 1960
The Dazzled Ones, The Nation, December 17, 1960
The City and the Song, The Nation, February 25, 1961
Picasso's Candlefire, Poetry Magazine, Volume 97, March 1961, Page 362
The Swift Ships, Poetry Magazine, Volume 97, March 1961, Page 362
Poems from a Cage, Poetry Magazine, Volume 101, December 1962, Page 209
Maintenant, The Nation, July 27, 1963
The Power, The Nation, August 24, 1963
Flowers out of Rock, Poetry Magazine, Volume 104, April 1964, Page 14
Books
Reviews
Our Life in Poetry: Selected Essays and Reviews, M. L. Rosenthal, Persea Books (May 1991),
References
External links
Poetry Magazine: The Historical Index
Dilys Laing Papers at Dartmouth Collection
1906 births
1960 deaths
20th-century American poets
American women poets
20th-century American women writers
British expatriates in Canada
British emigrants to the United States