Louise Driscoll

Louise Driscoll (1875-1957) was an American poet.

Life
Driscoll was born in Poughkeepsie, New York. She lived most of her life in Catskill, New York, where she worked as a librarian.

Recognition
In November 1914 her poem "The Metal Checks" won first prize in ''Poetry magazine's contest for best war poem, beating out contributions by Richard Aldington, Amy Lowell, Carl Sandburg, and Wallace Stevens. " Driscoll," Rendezvous with Death: American poems of the Great War (edited by Mark W. Van Wienen). ''