Daily Bread

Wilfrid Wilson Gibson was born on the 2nd October 1878 in Hexham, Northumberland. He began to have his poems published as early as 1895, firstly in magazines and periodicals and, from 1903, in collected book form. After his mother died in 1914 Gibson decided to relocate, firstly to London and, several years later, to Gloucestershire. However much of his poetry still retained his observations and recollections from his time in the North of the country. During his stay in London he became close fr