Joanna Belfrage Picken

Joanna Belfrage Picken
Born 8 May 1798
Edinburgh
Died 25 March 1859
Montreal
Nationality British
Other names poems

"A queer kind o' lott'ry is marriage—
Ye never ken what ye may draw,
Ye may get a braw hoose an' a carriage,
Or maybe get nae hoose ava.
I say na 'tis best to be single,
But ae thing's to me unco clear:
Far better sit lane by the ingle
Than thole what some wives hae to bear."

Joanna Belfrage Picken1876[1]

Joanna Belfrage Picken (8 May 1798 – 1859) the "Poet of Paisley".

Life

Picken was born in Edinburgh in 1798. Her father was Ebenezer Picken who was a minor poet.[2] She and her sister failed to establish a boarding school in Musselburgh. The failure may been due to uncomplimentary poems that Picken published about local figures. Picken wrote verses for the Glasgow Courier and other newspapers.

She left for Canada in 1842 with other family members where she became a music teacher writing under the name "Alpha".[3] She died in Montreal on 25 March 1859.

References

  1. ↑ "The Poets and Poetry of Scotland". ?. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  2. ↑ Wikisource link to Picken, Ebenezer (DNB00). Wikisource.
  3. ↑ Joanna Picken, retrieved 30 March 2015
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