The Unicorn (And Other Poems) by Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906-2001) was an American writer and aviator who flew around the world with her husband (famous aviator Charles Lindbergh) and wrote books and poems about their adventures. Throughout her life, she received numerous awards for her contributions to literature and aviation, several honorary degrees, and landed a spot in three different halls of fame. However, their life wasn't without scandal. Anne suffered through the tragic kidnapping and murder of her eldest son, the discovery of her husband's secret life, and a public fall from grace in WWII. But she never stopped writing. The Unicorn and Other Poems is one of 14 published works and was last published in 1956. The poems read in this episode are- The Man and The Child, The Little Mermaid, Security, Broken Shell, and The Unicorn in Captivity. To learn more, visit her Wikipedia page, or check out her biography at the link above.