Poets convey deep thoughts with few words. How do poets approach their subjects? Why is the rhythm of words important to them? Poets want their words to be heard. Here's a collection to read "out loud."
Shakespeare, who died 400 years ago, was a master with words, including insults. Let's examine some of his most-biting.
It's the Ides of March, and Julius Caesar receives a warning from the shadows. See an animated version of Shakespeare's famous play.
Still the youngest-ever Nobel Laureate for Literature, Rudyard Kipling was enormously popular during his lifetime.
John McCrae's poem, "In Flanders Field," is often recited on Veterans' Day. Learn the story behind the poem. It is one of the most-quoted war poems in...
Poetic reflection on a slave song, by Jeannine Proulx.
In spite of censorship in her time, Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966) remains one of Russia's most-loved poets of the 20th century.
The story of America's first-published African-American poet takes us to Long Island during a time of slavery.
Poem on little things with great meaning.
Poem on compromise by Carole Bos
Poem between parent and child, by Jeannine Proulx.
Walt Whitman published the first edition of "Leaves of Grass" when he was 36 years old.
On the 19th of October, 1926, the Duke (Albert Frederick Arthur George) meets the speech therapist (Lionel Logue) for the first time.
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