While in Ouro Preto, we visited the home of Elizabeth Bishop, an American Poet who was born in Worcester, Mass and who lived in Brazil for sixteen years.
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Elizabeth Bishop's House
"Looking Out the Window," a poem written from this house where Elizabeth Bishop was a guest in the early 1960's.
Ouro Preto: Ghost-StoriesBy Chirlie Felix Ouro Preto is a city full of ghosts; I felt them everywhere we went. Tiradentes, the African slaves, the Portuguese soldiers, the poor miners, and, American poet, Elizabeth Bishop. All, at some point were part of this now historic City.
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A view from Bishop's kitchen.
This is the stove in Elizabeth Bishop's home in Ouro Preto.
This is the living room in Elizabeth's Bishop's house in Ouro Preto.
Dining Room in Bishop's House.
A bedroom, maybe Bishop's own.
Another bedroom with one of her own beds.
The garden at Elizabeth Bishop's house.
This is the view from the back porch of Bishop's house.
The following is a picture of one of Elizabeth Bishop's poems.
