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Note that the Queen was not at all perturbed about the atrocities against the Irish and never even mentioned it in her reply or at any other time. The Irish were seen as lesser humans by many English and that type of prejudice overcomes the usual moral inhibitions against brutality and atrocities.


Tracy K. Smith
Tracy K. Smith
  • Born: April 16, 1972
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Poet, Educator

Tracy K. Smith is an American poet and educator. She served as the 22nd Poet Laureate of the United States from 2017 to 2019. She has published four collections of poetry, winning the Pulitzer Prize for her 2011 volume Life on Mars Her memoir, Ordinary Light, was published in 2015.