H.D. (Hilda Doolittle)H. D. (Hilda Doolittle, 1886 1961) was one of the first writers of free verse in English, best known for her sparse Imagist poems. For over forty years, she wrote poetry that resurrected forgotten ancient goddesses and autobiographical prose that explored her trauma, her desires, and the unique struggles of a twentieth century woman writer. She was also a scholar of religion, mythology, and history, a translator of ancient Greek, and worked in early