James Parkerson is a tragic example of a poet lost to history because, despite my research, there are very few facts about this poet to offer you.
I do know that he was English-born and lived in Norwich for most of his life. He's also the eldest son, as indicated by his full name of James Parkerson Junior, and was possibly a religious or spiritual type.
He published nine collections of poetry in the early 1800s, and all of them reference the current events of the time, explore the morality of the people, and offer advice on how to transform your life for the better.
Today, we are reading from Characters of Life (Or Moral Hints in Verse) and his Poetical Works and it's my hope that Present Poetry can breathe some life into this forgotten poet and give him a taste of the influence he may have enjoyed in the past.
