the quadriennial choosing,) The stretch of North and South arous'd—sea-board and inland—Texas to Maine—the Prairie States—Vermont, Virginia, California, Born on May 31, 1819, Walt Whitman is the ...
“Failing to fetch me at first, keep encouraged, Missing me one place, search another., I stop somewhere here, waiting for you,” Mass read. Those are the final lines from Walt Whitman’s poem “Song of ...
In 2024, the Academy of American Poets invited twelve poets to each curate a month of poems. In this short Q&A, Dante Micheaux discusses his curatorial approach ... Poets.org: Your comparison of Jay ...
Paul Engle noted that “poetry is ordinary language raised to the nth power.” As if by magic, poetry books capture feelings that are often elusive and put into words our deepest pain and ...