Marjorie Wilson

Marjorie Wilson (1885 – 1934) was a British poet who served as a nurse during the First World War. She was the daughter of a Derbyshire vicar and often wrote under the pen name ‘Town Girl’ in the Children’s Newspaper to which she sent many of her poems and sketches. One of her best-known poems is ‘The Lighthouse’ which finds comfort and hope in the “straight strong arm of light”.