Claude McKay, one of the most influential figures in the Harlem Renaissance, left behind a rich collection of poetry that ...

They are being remembered on the streets where they died, with candles and flowers, and in the thoughts and prayers of those who knew them and those who didn't as the city of New Orleans and the ...

Published on this day in 1845, the work used alliteration, internal rhyme and repetition to draw in readers, lending it a ...

Rita Dove is one of the most celebrated poets of our time. As the youngest person to serve as Poet Laureate of the United States and the recipient of numerous accolades, including the Pulitzer Prize ...

Phillis Wheatley came to America on a slave ship, but soon became its first African-American poet with knowledge of Latin ans ...

On January 25, the birthday of its national poet, Scotland celebrates Burns Night with a traditional Scottish meal washed ...