Edith L.M. King

Edith L.M. King (1871-1962) was a South African poet.

Life
She was born in Pietermaritzburg, Natal. She was educated in England and also studied art in Paris, France.. She taught at Eunice High School in Bloemfontein until her retirement, eventually becoming headmistress.

Writing
King wrote Verse for children. Representative Poetry Online comments that: "Her children's rhymes have a deceptive simplicity. They are all written from a child's perspective, in a child's voice, but any adult reader will soon find that many of these little pieces highlight the child's innocence and unknowing poignantly against the backdrop of a very dark world."

Publications
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy the University of Toronto.
 * Country Rhymes for Children Oxford: B. H. Blackwell, 1909.
 * with Mary Littlewood. Bloemfontein: An Impression in Verse. 1919.
 * Veld Rhymes for Children with Twenty-six Airs (London: Longmans, Green, 1911).
 * Fifty Country Rhymes for Children (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1926).
 * Forms and Fancies. 1926.