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A Selection from the Poems of Michael Field

Michael Field was a pseudonym used for the poetry and verse of Katharine Harris Bradley (October 27, 1846–September 26, 1914) and her niece and lover Edith Emma Cooper (January 12, 1862–December 13, 1913). As Field they wrote around 40 works together. Their intention was to keep the pen-name secret, but it became public knowledge, not long after they had confided in their friend Robert Browning. They wrote a number of passionate love poems to each other, and their name Michael Field was their way of declaring their inseparable oneness. Friends referred to them as the Fields, the Michaels or the Michael Fields. They had a range of pet names for each other. They also were passionately devoted to their pets, in particular a dog named Whym Chow, for whom they wrote a book of poems named after him. [Wikipedia]

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