Articles related to "American Poets"

Phillis Wheatley was snatched from her homeland at the age of seven and brought to the New World as a slave. She proved to be of superior intelligence and talent.

Eugene Field is perhaps the best known writer of childrens poetry in America. He is also considered one of the first newspaper columnists. His works provide inspiration.

An oncoming New England snow storm in the early 1800's provides the backdrop for John Greenleaf Whittier, American poet from Haverhill, Massachusetts, to write Snowbound.

In a startling shift, this collection of poems reveals uncertainty. Yet, by book's end, the natural tropes at the core of Oliver's poetry have transcended the questions.

Otherwise Obedient is an annotated tour guide of everyday facade, directed by a speaker who shifts focus and steadily transforms each scene.

A classic American poem, hauntingly illustrated by Ryan Price.

The idea that a black female slave born in Africa could compose poems in English was preposterous to many people in early America. So she had to pass a test.

Brief biography of Langston Hughes - his life, career, and poetry - a leading author of Harlem Renaissance and creator of character 'Jesse B Simple.'

Short biography of the 20th Century poet, translator, playwright and philanthropist. Bynner was also co-conspirator of the 1916 literary spoof The Spectra Poems.

Poet Charles Bernstein wants a "poetry that is bad for you." So he has written "The Ballad of the Girlie Man," a superb example of poem that is certainly bad for poetry.

Brink Road exhibits themes familiar to postmoderism and responds to alienation from a higher power through a complex relationship to nature.

Short biography of Lucila Godoy de Alcayaga (aka Gabriela Mistral), Chilean teacher, diplomat, and gifted poet.

Form, diction, metaphor, and other literary devices enhance the poignancy of Thomas's most noted poem.

Fearing's poetry and writing offer a unique use of language and a glimpse into the darker, quirkier side of 20th century American life.

Pictures from Brueghel and Other Poems received the Pulitzer Prize, allowing Williams to escape the anonymity reflected in one of the memorable poems of this collection.

Biography and works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, one of America's greatest poets and essayists, 19th century leader of transcendentalism.

Brief biography and poems of Robert Frost, one of 20th-century's pastoral poets of America's New England.

A short feature on the award-winning poet's life and work so far, including his collection "What Narcissism Means to Me."

American poet Robert Frost uses imagery, metaphor, and theme to create meaning in his poetry.

Language for a New Century (W.W. Norton, 2008) is an exceptional anthology of contemporary Middle Eastern and Asian poetry featuring over 400 poems from 61 countries.

Famous British sculptor / painter and Winston Churchill's granddaughter, with Mississippi building magnate, help to promote timeless work of the world's best poets.

Read more than two centuries of African-American love letters from slaves, Harlem Renaissance writers, celebrities, and everyday people.

Miller's poetry is thoughtful and kind, but it also forces us to deal with the harsh realities of love, family, racism, and war.

Brief biography and poems of famous American poet Emily Dickinson.

Brief biography of poet Ezra Pound, a major influence in 20th century's Modernism movements, imagism and vorticism. Best known for 'The Cantos.'

Hart Crane introduces a 'divine' entity in the first stanza, while allowing his readers to make their own perceptions from the clues he leaves throughout the poem.

National Poetry Month is almost here again. The poster for the Academy of American Poets' 2009 National Poetry Month asks the question, "Dare I disturb the universe?"

"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," by T.S. Elliot was written in 1915 and centers around the spiritual frustration felt by Elliot and many of his peers at that time.

Emily Dickinson's life resembled that of a monastic. She lived a quiet life of contemplation, and she filled her poems with flowers, birds, divinity, and immortality.

Edward Taylor immigrated to America from England in the 17th century. Thomas H. Johnson discovered Taylor's poetry manuscripts at the Yale library in 1937.

In her sixth poetry collection, Inseminating the Elephant, Lucia Perillo's quirky, humorous style is dazzling, but all too familiar.

Brief biography of the poet and friend of Beat writers Jack Kerouac and Gary Snyder. Welch left a suicide note in 1971, then disappeared without a trace.

National Poetry Month was started in 1996 by the Academy of American Poets. The month-long recognition spotlights the work of talented seasoned and new American poets.

Contemporary poet Natasha Trethewey won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for her book "Native Guard" after a successful debut with her "Domestic Work" and "Bollocq's Ophelia."

Philip Freneau was the first American born poet, who earned a reputation as a revolutionary pamphleteer satirizing the British in the struggle for American independence.

Poetry was originally meant to be read aloud, and still has a vital performance aspect. Here is a guide to some popular poetry podcasts.

Many modern Christmas traditions have their origins in antiquity in ages before the birth of Christ and indeed before the ancient Romans one such is Santa Claus.

Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867) was a prominent European poet and writer of prose who was born April 9th in Paris to an x-priest and an orphaned pauper.

The Beat Movement began in New York but quickly swept across the country to San Francisco where the West Coast Beats gathered.

April brings poetry out in full swing during National Poetry Month. Such venues as Poem-for-Your-Pocket, Poem-a-Day, and the famed Poetry and the Creative Mind featured.

The ghazal is an exciting form that emerged in Persia and is still intriguing to today's post-modern sensibilities and rhythms.

Many memorable poets did their best writing during the decades of the 1920s and 1930s.

Just before St. Patrick's Day, Father Greeley offers readers another dose of the charming "Irish Tiger," Nuala Anne McGrail and her family.

Brief biography of Pablo Neruda, considered the best South American poet known for "Veinte poemas de amor y una cancion desesperada."

On November 11 many will choose to remember the dead of the World War at events, tributes and readings worldwide. Here are some ideas for Remembrance Day readings.

Robinson Jeffers is an important and still-neglected American poet. His ecological and literary vision of the land was prophetic. He died on January 20th, 1962.

Life and work of Sylvia Plath, best-known for her poetry and poems despite controversy due to her suicide.

Spend the day or weekend at a university in Ohio. There are many events, activities and sites to see on college campuses.

Call it Remembrance Day, Armistice Day or Veteran's Day: on November 11, many people wear poppies as signs of respect. But why were these flowers chosen?

Brief biography of Allen Ginsberg, a poet and leading figure of America's Beat era of new American poets. Famous for poems Howl and Kaddish.