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Theodosia Pickering Garrison
1874–1944
A graceful early-20th-century American poet, she published widely in popular magazines and built a reputation for lyrical, emotionally clear verse. Her poems often feel musical and reflective, with a quiet intensity that still carries well today.
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The Dreamers And Other Poems
by Theodosia Pickering Garrison
About the author
Born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1874, Theodosia Pickering Garrison wrote under the name Theodosia Garrison and became known as an American poet whose work appeared often in magazines from the 1890s into the 1920s. She was educated in private schools in New York City and later married Frederic J. Faulks.
Along with publishing several poetry collections, she worked on the staff of Life magazine, which placed her close to the literary world of her day. Her writing was admired for its lyric quality and its ability to convey feeling with simplicity and poise.
She died in 1944, but her poems remain appealing for readers who enjoy concise, musical verse from the magazine age of American poetry. Her work offers a vivid glimpse of a period when poems were part of everyday reading life.