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Whether Emily Dickinson had lovers is still a mystery, however there were a number of men that may have influenced her intense and passionate poetry.

Kay Ryan, a native Californian, wrote poetry for decades before she received public recognition. Her poems are witty, precise, complex, and they take readers by surprise.

Dubbed the "metaphysical poets" by Samuel Johnson, these writers searched for answers that still elude us today.

Champion whinger or sensitive, new-age guy? An introduction to Catullus, one of the first love poets of the Latin language.

Looking for a book for gift giving? Nikki Giovanni's poetry collection might be the answer.

Berry's poem features the subtitle, "to remind myself," which alerts the reader that the poem exists primarily for the poet's sake, essentially to jog his memory.

Shakespeare compares himself with the two poet-characters in his play Julius Caesar to exhibit his own preeminence as a poet.

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.

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.

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.

As a young poet, Leonard Cohen was preoccupied with passion and mythic imagery. In "St. Catherine's Street" he examines how one diminishes the other.

The impact of Dead Poets Society is still felt by both fans and new audiences alike, as the film stands the test of time and becomes a true American classic.

Compiled from two of his lectures, this essay appeared in Donald Hall's collection Poetry and Ambition: Essays 1982-88.

Pastan's poem dramatizes the excitement and enthusiasm of discovering the work of a poet, with whom the speaker had formerly remained unacquainted.

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

The poet learns to sing the praises of the true meaning of patriotism.

The League of Canadian Poets is a valuable organization in Canada dedicated to serving the needs of poets of varying levels.

Authors at Harbourfront Centre in Toronto is holding its first "Open Stage Night" by showcasing 20 young poets, aged 35 years or younger.

Maybe you've heard of the Algonquin Round Table? Well, here's a sampling of metered verses from the Brewpub Poets Society: odes to ales and lyrics for lagers.

Poets have always celebrated nature. Now in a time of ecological crisis, their voices, speaking out against planetary plunder, are even more essential.

Two types of poets emerge in every era, traditionalists and faddists. The Modernist fad produced four major poets who straddled the line between tradition and Modernism.

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

One way to write more creatively and get out of a writing rut is to use poetic devices of famous poets. Learn from techniques used by famous or well-published poets.

Abstract expressionist, symbolist, Hotere crosses boundaries to express his vision through the writer's tools of allusion and metaphor.

With the utmost faith in poetry's ability to reshape the ways in which men think about the world, Percy Shelley believes that poets are the key to society's salvation.

There are hundreds of different types of poetry ranging from the very simple to the incredibly complex. To understand the art of writing poetry they must all be explored.

Poetry is an important genre to introduce to young children. It increases their intelligence, responds to their innate sense of rhythm and solidifies parental bonds.

At the beginning of the 18th century, writers of prose and poetry were adhering to rigid rules and forms later described as feeble correctness.

John Lithgow's Poets' Corner is the one-and-only poetry book for the whole family.

By turns anguished and satirical, the love elegists rejected poetic tradition and drew on their lives, their loves and their literary ambitions to write elegiac couplets.

According to the great Persian Sufi Poet Rumi (1207-1273), love is the most difficult concept to define, "My pen splinters when I write Love,"* he writes.

Although there are many manuals designed to help the beginning writer release the creativity within, it can be overwhelming to try to find the one that works.

Teaching poetry to teenagers is often as successful as the poets one selects. These three Canadian poets appeal to high school students with their language and content.

The rebellious, 'Beat' poets of the 1950s and '60s did what many American writers have done, before and since and travelled south to sample the high life in Mexico.

Rudyard Kipling wrote poems and stories in praise of the British Empire and ridiculing native Indians. Rabindranath Tagore detested the empire. Both won the Nobel Prize.

It was the tumultuous era of the 60s. The music messengers were Jimi Hendrix and Bob Marley and The Last Poets were the progenators, the original rappers.

Alan Michael Parker's anthology demonstrates the fiction power of poets as they invent biography and poetry in the mode of the heteronym.

Good news! The Festival, once threatened by the economic recession, is on for October 2010. Go to hear Billy Collins and other great poets, and rediscover what matters.

The Metaphysical Poets lived and wrote in time of great upheaval and change. As poets they lived through some of the most momentous events in England's history

There should be a Hippocratic Oath for poets. If poets were held to anything near the standard of physicians, there would be far less doggerel in the world.

Soul-mate of Picasso, Cubist word-painter, American poet Gertrude Stein is hard to read. But you can learn a lot as a developing writer from making the effort.

In 1913, Rabindranath Tagore, Indian Nobel Laureate, won the literature prize primarily for his prose translations of Gitanjali, which is Bengali for "song offerings."

Carol Ann Duffy, Britain's new Poet Laureate, is the first woman, the first Scot and the first openly gay person to hold the honour in the 341 year history of the role.

Robert "Rabbie" Burns rose from humble beginnings to become renowned in 18th century literary circles. His poems and songs are still enjoyed today.

Some people write poetry just for themselves, but for those who dream of seeing their poems - and their names - in print, here are some tips for getting published.

Carl Spitzweg's painting is a premier example of genre painting from the Biedermeier.

Francis Scott Key is inspired to write the "Star Spangled Banner" during the attack on Fort McHenry.

Pablo Neruda was a big man who sacrificed comfort for aesthetics to create a ship-like feel in his home, Isla Negra. A visit is well worth the easy day trip from Santiago

The Great Emancipator, renowned for his poetic writings in the Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address, did not restrict his scribbling to political tracts.

Born April 19, 1931, in Corinth, Mississippi, Knight joined the Army in 1947. He served in Korea, where he suffered shrapnel wounds. He was discharged in 1957.