Sophia Margaretta Hensley

Born in 1866, she was a Canadian poet also known as Sophie M. Almon-Hensley. She is associated most closely with A Woman's Love Letters, a collection of poems that presents love, heartache, and closely related feelings in a personal, intimate voice.

Her writing has a strong lyrical quality and centers on emotion rather than grand statement, which helps it still feel direct and accessible today. Though not widely known now, her work remains of interest to readers of Canadian poetry and to listeners who enjoy reflective, deeply felt verse.

She died in 1913. What survives in her reputation is the impression of a writer drawn to the inner life, shaping affection, sorrow, and tenderness into poems with a clear sense of feeling.