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'Poetry offers us a powerful space': Janel Pineda, Clint Smith, on magic of poetry
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 11 months agoPurchases you make through our links may earn us and our publishing partners a commission. Janel...
'Poetry chose me': Iowa City’s Dan Campion lets the currents of verse flow in new book
Iowa City Press-Citizen via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLightning struck Dan Campion more than a half century ago as he sat in his high school English class...
10 Langston Hughes Poems That Capture the Heart of America
Biography via Yahoo News· 2 months ago“Harlem,” “I, Too,” and “Mother to Son” are among Langston Hughes’ most famous poems. His poetry’s...
Visual arts: Portraits, landscapes, history converge to create snapshots of American life
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWith his 1860 poem, “I Hear America Singing,” Walt Whitman proclaimed through the “varied carols” he...
'Okie Poet' Wilma McDaniel honored with Literary Landmark at Tulare Historical Museum
Visalia Times-Delta | Tulare Advance Register via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAs a young girl in Oklahoma, Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel scratched out poems on grain sacks or scraps...
Don't be adverse to verse: April is national poetry month at the library
The Abilene Reporter-News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNovels may reign as queen of literary formats, but poetry has maintained its status as a higher form...
Gerald Stern, prize-winning and lyrical poet, dies at 97
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoGerald Stern, one of the country’s most loved and respected poets who wrote with spirited melancholy...
Keeping the Faith After Leaving Religion
Time via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe tiny piece of poetry invites us to see ourselves as part of a great story of humanity. Credit - Getty Images There are things that are true that...
10 Famous Poets Who Left an Indelible Mark on Literature
Biography via Yahoo News· 8 months ago10 Famous PoetsGetty Images Starting in ancient times and continuing through the modern age, poetry...
Ada Limón is named the 24th poet laureate of the U.S.
NBC News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAward-winning poet Ada Limón is making history: The Library of Congress announced Tuesday that it...