Buchanan, Marion (F)

Surname: Buchanan
Forename(s): Marion
b. 1840. Nationality: Scottish.
Poet. Pseudonyms: “Marion,” “Kate,” “Hyacinth,” “K. T.” Born in Glasgow. Married name Buchanan. Prolific periodical and newspaper poet, and also wrote on domestic economy. Author information from the Chambers’s Journal ledger entries for her poems, which give her address variously as Roberton, Lamington (for poems published on 1 September 1883 and 1 March 1884; NLS Dep 341/369), 258 Bath Street, Glasgow (for poems published on 14 March 1885, 30 January 1886, and 13 October 1888; NLS Dep 341/369, 370). Additional biographical information: Modern Scottish Poets, fifth series, D. H. Edwards, 1883, p. 345. (AC)

Poems associated with this person

Total poems: 9
Poem title Date Periodical Roles id #
Yesterday Comes Not 1883-09-01 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7567
Zebedee 1884 Good Words Poet 4331
Donald—A Pony 1884-03-01 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 12803
Verb “To Be.” (Present Tense) 1885-03-14 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 12868
An Old “Chubb” 1886-01-30 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 12965
Autumn Bloom 1888-10-13 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 13053
Song for Music 1893-09 Atalanta Poet 2276
Grief 1894-02 Atalanta Poet 2292
The Unseen 1895-01-05 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 12597