Lucy Larcom was born in 1824 and grew up in Beverly, Massachusetts. She taught at Wheaton Seminary from 1854 to 1862. She is the author of A New England Girlhood (Houghton Mifflin Company, 1889) and ...

Jazz June. We Die soon.

There are ghosts in the room. As I sit here alone, from the dark corners there They come out of the gloom, And they stand at my side and they lean on my chair There’s a ghost of a Hope That lighted my ...

Reading the Poem: Silently read the poem “ Poets! Towers of God! ” by Rubén Darío, translated by Thomas Walsh and Salomón de ...

“Crow” from Emplumada by Lorna Dee Cervantes, © 1981. All rights are controlled by the University of Pittsburgh Press, ...

Idra Novey is the author of several novels and poetry collections, including Soon & Wholly (Wesleyan University Press, 2024) and Exit, Civilian (University of Georgia Press, 2012), selected for the ...

Poetry is for everyone at the 20th Dodge Poetry Festival. On October 17, the Academy of American Poets will present three panels on poetry’s ability to invite reflection and creative reawakening, ...

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New York, NY (September 26, 2024)—The Academy of American Poets, a leading champion of poets and poetry in the United States, is pleased to announce the 2024 winners of the LENORE MARSHALL POETRY ...

Poets.org: What was it like being a Chancellor? Naomi Shihab Nye: Being a Chancellor was one of the best things that happened in my life. To be in that very esteemed company of poets, a changing group ...