Elizabeth Bishop
Elizabeth Bishop was born in 1911. She was raised by her grandparents. Her father died when she was eigh months old and she had never gotten on with her mather which was mentally ill and spent a lot of time in a psychiatric hospital. Bishop was influenced by other poets and friends (as Marianne Moore and Robert Lowell) and her travels. Thanks to the inheritance from her father, she had an opportunity to experience a lot in, among others, Brasil, where she met Lota de Marcedo Soares with whom she had a romance. It lasted until the suicide of Soares in 1967. Bishop is not considered to be a confessional poet, which express explicitly their feelings and experiences. Her poetry is rather based on observations. Bishop had never wanted to be percieved as a lesbian or female poet. She wanted to be judged on the basis of the quality of her works. [fragment of the poem] Arrival at Santos Here is a coast; here is a harbor; here, after a meager diet of horizon, is some scenery; imp