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Kinnell

American  
[ki-nel] / kɪˈnɛl /

noun

  1. Galway, 1927–2014, U.S. poet.


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Michel had been marching next to Galway Kinnell, a friend and poet who had a residency at Juniata.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 1, 2020

Galway Kinnell was a classmate at Princeton, and John Berryman a teacher.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 15, 2019

Hall was one of the leading poets of his generation, frequently mentioned in the company of Robert Bly, James Wright and Galway Kinnell.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 29, 2018

One poem, titled “Little Sleep’s-Head Sprouting Hair in the Moonlight,” explicitly begins with Kinnell lifting his daughter Maud from her crib:

From Slate ● Jun. 15, 2018

The wall of Antonine abuts on the river Forth at Kinnell, a name which does not seem to have much to do with the end of a wall.

From The Christian Church in These Islands before the Coming of Augustine Three Lectures Delivered at St. Paul's in January 1894 by G. F. (George Forrest) Browne

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