baseball are perennial classics in that they are memorable. His autobiography, The Trouble with Francis, was published in 1971 and details his struggle with neglect. Francis died July 13, 1987. Awards Francis won the Shelley Memorial Award in 1939. In 1984 the Academy of American Poets gave Francis its award for distinguished poetic achievement. Works Poetry http://www.poemhunter.com/best-poems/robert-francis/thoreau-in-italy/ Autobiography References The Friendship of Robert Frost and Robert Francis: High-pressure Weather and Country Air by Wally Swist (Puckerbrush Press, Constance Hunting, Editor, Orono, ME: Puckerbrush Review, xxi, ii, Winter/Spring 2003). The Friendship of Two New England Poets: Robert Frost and Robert Francis, A Lecture Presented at the Robert Frost Farm in Derry, New Hampshire, by Wally Swist Lewiston, NY: The Edwin Mellen Press, 2009. External links "A Poet's Voice Rises from the Archives", All Things Considered, April 1, 2007, NPR Robert Francis Papers at Syracuse University Robert Francis Papers at University of Massachusetts, Amherst Robert Francis Collection in Special Collections, Jones Library, Amherst, Massachusetts Poetry reading by Robert Francis, May 20, 1971 (audio) "April - Robert Francis: Poetry and Song" with Henry Lyman and Judy Polan. Poetry and retrospective of Robert Francis. Videotaped at Jones Library, Amherst, MA. 1988. 1901 births 1987 deaths People from Delaware County, Pennsylvania Poets from Pennsylvania Writers from Amherst, Massachusetts Poets from Massachusetts 20th-century American poets Harvard Graduate School of Education alumni