Lucille M. Nixon

Lucille M. Nixon (December 24, 1908 - December 22, 1963) was an American poet.

Life
Nixon worked as a school supervisor in Palo Alto, California. She authored a number of books.

Nixon died in 1963.

Recognition
In 1957 Nixon became the first foreigner selected to participate in Utakai Hajime, the Imperial New Year’s Poetry Reading of Japan. Nixon performed a 31 syllable waka about the Hōryū-ji, a Buddhist temple she had visited on a trip two years earlier. After her reading, she won the praises of Emperor Hirohito, who encouraged her to continue writing Japanese poetry so she could become a "bridge" between Japan and the United States.

An elementary school in Palo Alto currently bears her name.

Non-fiction

 * The Choice is Always Ours: The Classic Anthology on the Spiritual Way, Dorothy B. Phillips (Editor), Lucille M. Nixon (Editor), Elizabeth B. Howes (Editor)
 * Young ranchers at Oak Valley
 * Living in Japan

Edited

 * Sounds from the unknown; a collection of Japanese-American tanka, Lucille M. Nixon (Editor), Tomoe Tana