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Readers can explore ten of the best poems Dorothy Parker wrote throughout her life on this list. They engage with themes as different as suicide, heartbreak, and the death of dreams. No matter one’s personal history, there will be a poem on this list that feels relatable and inspiring.
Dorothy Parker (née Rothschild; August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an American poet and writer of fiction, plays and screenplays based in New York; she was known for her caustic wisecracks, and eye for 20th-century urban foibles.
26 Σεπ 2015 · Following a difficult childhood, she lived fairly recklessly, drinking excessively, going from one bad relationship to another, and often contemplating suicide. ‘What fresh hell is this?’ she wondered in one famous poem.
From Enough Rope (Boni & Liveright, 1926) by Dorothy Parker. This poem is in the public domain. A Very Short Song - ONCE, when I was young and true, Someone left me sad— Broke my brittle heart in two; And that is very bad. Love is for unlucky folk, Love is but a curse.
Unlike Parker's other works, which often explore themes of wit, satire, and urban life, this poem delves into the interiority of the mind and the search for refuge from external suffering. It reflects the disillusionment and emotional detachment prevalent in the post-World War I era, when many sought solace in private spaces and introspective ...
Raised on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, Dorothy Parker built a career that was defined by her wit and her incisive commentary on contemporary America. She was born two months prematurely at her family’s summer home in West End, New Jersey. By the time she was...
22 Αυγ 2016 · Nina Miller explores how Parker, who built a public persona as a “luckless” loser in love, helped upend traditional (masculine) notions of lyric love poetry. Photo source: Flickr
