Reese taught school from 1873 to 1918, and rose to lit­er­ary prom­i­nence in the 1920’s. Her works in­clude:

• A Branch of May, 1887
• A Hand­ful of La­ven­der, 1891
• A Qui­et Road, 1896
• The Way­side Lute, 1909
• Spicewood , 1921
• Wild Che­rry, 1923
• The Se­lect­ed Po­ems, 1926
• Little Hen­ri­et­ta, 1927
• Lizette Wood­worth Reese: The Pamph­let Poets, 1928
• A Vic­tor­i­an Vill­age: Rem­i­nis­cenc­es of Other Days, 1929
• White Ap­ril, 1930
• The York Road, 1931
• Pastures and Other Po­ems, 1933
• The Old House in the Coun­try, 1936
• Worleys, 1936