Dilys Laing
Dilys Bennett Laing 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.
Journal contributions
Growl Scares Dog, Good Housekeeping, New York, January, 1942Nautilus, Poetry Magazine, Volume 60, April 1942, Page 23To A Mathematician, June 13, 1942, The New Yorker, June 13, 1942, p. 17Eros Out of the Sea, Poetry Magazine, Volume 64, June 1944, Page 1372 Poems, Yale Review Winter 1944Occult Adventure, Poetry Magazine, Volume 65, January 1945, Page 191Genesis and Exodus, Poetry Magazine, Volume 68, April 1946, Page 11Root and Branch, Poetry Magazine, Volume 68, April 1946, Page 11The Bell, Poetry Magazine, Volume 68, April 1946, Page 11Proof and Reproof, Yale Review, Summer 1946 Love has so Terrible a Face, Yale Review Autumn 1947Rescue, Poetry Magazine, Volume 72, May 1948, Page 74The Uncreation, Poetry Magazine, Volume 72, May 1948, Page 74Welcome Song, Poetry Magazine, Volume 72, May 1948, Page 74Harsh Return, Poetry Magazine, Volume 75, March 1950, Page 332Time Is All a Year, Poetry Magazine, Volume 79, March 1952, Page 321The Proud, Poetry Magazine, Volume 79, March 1952, Page 321To Dolores Preserved, Poetry Magazine, Volume 79, March 1952, Page 321Dance of Burros, Poetry Magazine, Volume 81, December 1952, Page 174Afternoon of a Forethinker, Poetry Magazine, Volume 82, May 1953, Page 72Capsule Dragon, Poetry Magazine, Volume 82, August 1953, Page 255Saint Giotto of Assisi, Poetry Magazine, Volume 83, February 1954, Page 256I Shall Know, Poetry Magazine, Volume 83, February 1954, Page 256The Catch, Poetry Magazine, Volume 85, October 1954, Page 13Profan Witness, The Beloit Poetry Journal, Fall 1955Let Them Ask Their Husbands, The Nation, January 4, 1958I Attend a Reception for a Visiting Celebrity, The Nation, May 24, 1958Walled City, The Nation, December 27, 1958Don't Tread on Us, The Nation, January 31, 1959The Compassionate Torturers, The Nation, April 23, 1960Threnody on the Demise of As and Now, The Nation, March 19, 1960The Dazzled Ones, The Nation, December 17, 1960The City and the Song, The Nation, February 25, 1961Picasso's Candlefire, Poetry Magazine, Volume 97, March 1961, Page 362The Swift Ships, Poetry Magazine, Volume 97, March 1961, Page 362Poems from a Cage, Poetry Magazine, Volume 101, December 1962, Page 209Maintenant, The Nation, July 27, 1963The Power, The Nation, August 24, 1963Flowers out of Rock, Poetry Magazine, Volume 104, April 1964, Page 14
Reviews
Our Life in Poetry: Selected Essays and Reviews, M. L. Rosenthal, Persea Books,