Ruth Pitter:
(alternatively Emma Thomas Pitter)
(7 November 1897 – 29 February 1992). British poet.
She was the first woman to receive the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry in 1955, and was appointed CBE in 1979 to honour her many contributions to English literature. In 1974, she was named a “Companion of Literature”, the highest honour given by the Royal Society of Literature.
All in November’s soaking mist we stand and prune the naked tree, while all our love and interest seem quenched in the blue-nosed misery.
