Summary: <p><strong>A poem dedicated to this long, cold winter. </strong></p><br><p><strong>Nancy Willard</strong> (June 26, 1936 – February 19, 2017)<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Willard#cite_note-pough-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[1]</a> was an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_people" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">American</a> writer: novelist, poet, author and occasional illustrator of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children%27s_books" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">children's books</a>. She won the 1982 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newbery_Medal" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Newbery Medal</a> for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Visit_to_William_Blake%27s_Inn" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>A Visit to William Blake's Inn</em></a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Willard#cite_note-newbery-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[2]</a> -<em> Bio via Wikipedia. </em></p><br><hr><p style="color:grey;font-size:0.75em;"> See <a style="color:grey;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>
