Smithsonian Magazine2d
Discover Why ‘The Raven,’ Edgar Allan Poe’s Narrative Poem About a Distraught Lover and a Talking Bird, Remains an American Classic
Published on this day in 1845, the work used alliteration, internal rhyme and repetition to draw in readers, lending it a ...
Thy Black Man on MSN5mon
10 Langston Hughes Poems That Define the American Spirit.
His poetry, often simple yet profoundly evocative, captures the essence of the African American experience and, by extension, ...
Scientific American10d
Poem: ‘Mendeleev’s Nightmare’
I went to my rest a sober man, content with the stable progression of elements I found to be more reliable than any prayer.
Daily Hampshire Gazette9h
Inspired by Pessoa and his many personas: New anthology features American responses to a Portuguese poet
Charles Cutler of Hawley first became fascinated by the Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa in the early 1960s when Cutler was in ...
The American Conservative11y
Amiri Baraka’s Poetry
Take his play The Dutchman, for example, and his poem “Babylon Revisited.” Both of these works take on the elite, white liberal fascination with African-American artists in the 1960s (skewered ...
'A true American cultural art form': Cowboy poet reflects on life in the West
GOLDEN • Terry Nash approaches the stage, a yellow bandana fastened around his neck, cowboy hat secured on his head and ...
Greek Reporter6d
Phillis Wheatley: The First African-American Poet Knew Ancient Greek
Phillis Wheatley came to America on a slave ship, but soon became its first African-American poet with knowledge of Latin ans ...
Armenian Weekly8d
Timeless verses: Gregory Djanikian’s Nostalgia for the Future celebrates four decades of poetry
New and Selected Poems, 1984-2023, award-winning poet Gregory Djanikian returns to the literary scene with a collection that spans and celebrates his prolific career. Written over several decades, ...
Hometown Source2d
Verse Like Water hosts Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gregory Pardlo
The visiting poet program of Central Lakes College presents Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gregory Pardlo on Feb. 12 in the Chalberg Theatre, Brainerd campus. A poetry reading is ...