Sara Teasdale

1884–1933 (age 49)

poet

Biography

Sara Teasdale, though most associated with St. Louis, left behind a luminous body of poetry that captured the tenderness of love, the ache of longing, and the quiet strength of the human heart.

Her work, crowned with the 1918 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, continues to comfort readers, and her advocacy for peace asked others to notice the music in ordinary moments.