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Picken was born in Edinburgh in 1798. Her father was Ebenezer Picken who was a minor poet.
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Joanna Picken
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The failure may been due to uncomplimentary poems that Picken published about local figures. Picken wrote verses for the Glasgow Courier and other newspapers. She left for Canada in 1842 with other family members where she became a music teacher writing under the name "Alpha".
She died in Montreal on 25 March 1859.
