Amy Lowell, an American poet, was born Amy Lawrence Lowell on February 9, 1874 in Brookline, Massachusetts. Amy came from a very prominent family, as both of her parents were aristocrats. She had a famous astronomer for a brother who predicted the existence of the planet Pluto, and a second brother who served as president of Harvard University. Despite having educated brothers, her family did not believe that women should go to school. Instead, she was taught at home by an English governess until she was sent to private schools in both her home town and Boston. Instead of receiving the traditional college education, Amy was an avid reader and collected books obsessively.

She lived her life as a socialite and traveled extensively. In 1902, her interest in poetry was sparked by a performance of Eleonora Duse. Eight years later, Amy’s first published work appeared in Atlantic Monthly, an American magazine founded in 1857. Two years later “A Dome of Many Colored Glass,” Amy’s first collection of poetry was published. She also had several other published works, all of which she published on her own. Not only did she publish her own work, but she published other writer's works as well.

In 1912, Amy met actress Ada Dwyer Russell. The two females became best friends, and were even considered to be lesbians. Regardless of how their relationship was looked at, they remained loyal and faithful to each other until Amy died on May 12, 1925 at the age of 51. After Amy’s death, Ada edited one of her pieces of work, “What’s O’Clock,” which won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry. Over her lifetime, Amy wrote more than 650 poems.