Poet. She studied at Vassar and served as instructor of poetetics at Smith College from 1911 to 1913. She became best known as a visionary poet writing in a highly concise style, and was the inventor of the cinquain (five line) verse. (bio by: Mount Hope NY)  Family links:  Parents:  Algernon Sidney Crapsey (1847 – 1927)  Adelaide Trowbridge Crapsey (1855 – 1950)  Siblings:  Philip Crapsey (1876 – 1907)*  Emily Margaret Crapsey (1877 – 1901)*  Adelaide Crapsey (1878 – 1914)  Paul Crapsey (1880 – 1961)*  Algernon S Crapsey (1884 – 1955)*  Ruth Crapsey (1887 – 1898)*  Marie L. Crapsey (1891 – 1979)*  Arthur Hunt Crapsey (1896 – 1955)* *Calculated relationship