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The Runner by W.J. Davies5/30/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() His work is also featured in Georgian Poetry, Edward Marsh’s anthology series, and in The Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse (1973, edited by Philip Larkin). An introduction to his poetry is included in S elected Poems (1985, chosen for the Oxford Poets series by Jonathan Barker). His 20 collections of poetry include The Soul’s Destroyer and Other Poems (1905), Nature Poems and Others (1908), Foliage (1913), and The Bird of Paradise and Other Poems (1914). In his poems, grounded in realism, Davies often engaged themes of hardship, the natural world, and city life. After a March 1899 train hopping injury that necessitated the amputation of his right leg below the knee, Davies returned to Wales and then settled in London, where he devoted his time to writing poetry. ![]() At age 22, with a small inheritance, he boarded a ship to New York and spent the following six years train hopping across the United States and Canada, supporting himself through casual labor and panhandling. He attended school until age 14 and then apprenticed with a picture framer while attending night school. His father died when he was three years old, and after his mother’s subsequent remarriage, Davies was raised by his grandparents. Poet and writer William Henry Davies was born in Newport, Wales. ![]()
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