. ▁ ▁The ▁poet ▁was ▁invited ▁to ▁read ▁his ▁poem ▁" The ▁Str ength ▁of ▁Field s " ▁at ▁President ▁Jimmy ▁Carter ' s ▁inaug uration ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 7 . ▁ ▁Personal ▁life ▁In ▁November ▁ 1 9 4 8 ▁he ▁married ▁Max ine ▁Sy erson , ▁and ▁three ▁years ▁later ▁they ▁had ▁their ▁first ▁son , ▁Christopher ; ▁a ▁second ▁son , ▁Kevin , ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 8 . ▁Two ▁months ▁after ▁Max ine ▁died ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 6 , ▁Dic key ▁married ▁Deb or ah ▁D od son . ▁Their ▁daughter , ▁Bron wen , ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 1 . ▁Christopher ▁Dic key ▁is ▁a ▁novel ist ▁and ▁journalist , ▁l ately ▁providing ▁coverage ▁from ▁the ▁Middle ▁East ▁for ▁News week . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 8 , ▁Christopher ▁wrote ▁a ▁book ▁about ▁his ▁father ▁and ▁Christopher ' s ▁own ▁sometimes ▁trouble d ▁relationship ▁with ▁him , ▁titled ▁Summer ▁of ▁Del iver ance . ▁Kevin ▁Dic key ▁is ▁an ▁inter vent ional ▁radi ologist ▁and ▁lives ▁in ▁W inst on - S alem , ▁NC . ▁Bron wen ▁Dic key ▁is ▁a ▁writer . ▁Her ▁first ▁book , ▁Pit ▁Bull : ▁The ▁Battle ▁Over ▁an ▁American ▁Icon , ▁ ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 6 . ▁ ▁Death ▁Dic key ▁died ▁on ▁January ▁ 1 9 , ▁ 1 9 9 7 , ▁six ▁days ▁after ▁his ▁last ▁class ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁South ▁Carolina