American poets

Nayyirah Waheed is an African-American poet who has published two books of incandescent poetry, entitled Salt and Nejma. by elewarne

I had never, in my ignorance, heard of the poet E. E. Cummings until seeing the Woody Allen movie Hannah and Her Sisters. As anyone who has seen this film knows, Elliot (played by Michael Caine) is…

Anne Bradstreet was born Anne Dudley in 1612 in Northamptonshire, England. She married Simon Bradstreet, a graduate of Cambridge University, at the age of 16. Two years later, Bradstreet, along with her husband and parents, immigrated to America with the Winthrop Puritan group, and the family settled in Ipswich, Massachusetts. There Bradstreet and her husband raised eight children, and she became one of the first poets to write English verse in the American colonies. It was during this time…

From abstract poems to villanelles, find a range of poetic forms for poets in this list, including French, Spanish, Vietnamese, Irish, Japanese, Korean, Welsh, and contemporary forms! Each listing links to a more comprehensive description of the form along with an example poem using the form.

Walt Whitman is considered one of America's greatest poets. Learn more about his life and work.

Partial contents: Ballade of my lady's beauty / Joyce Kilmer -- Four winds / Sara Teasdale -- Golden pulse / John M. Ohara -- He whom a dream hath possessed /...

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11 iconic poems by Gwendolyn Brooks, celebrated American Poet #GwendolynBrooks #Poetry

Anne Sexton, The Truth The Dead Know. 💞🌍🌎🌏💞 Reference: Anne Sexton, The Complete Poems, with a foreword by Maxine Kumin, Houghton Mifflin Company Boston. 1999.