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."
Still the youngest-ever Nobel Laureate for Literature, Rudyard Kipling was enormously popular during his lifetime.
In spite of censorship in her time, Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966) remains one of Russia's most-loved poets of the 20th century.
In spite of censorship in her time, Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966) remains one of Russia's most-loved poets of the 20th century.
O Captain! My Captain!
How does a city, hosting the modern Olympics, do something special for their games? The people of Beijing produced opening and c...
Scholars believe the famous poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) - which he called "Ozymandias" - was inspired by a statue of the young Ramesses I...
During America's Civil War, one of the country's most-famous writers penned a poem about ... the Revolutionary War.
During America's Civil War, one of the country's most-famous writers penned a poem about ... the Revolutionary War.
Before he was known as Lord Byron, the still-famous poet was called George Gordon.
Heinrich Karl Bukowski - better known as Charles Bukowski (or "Hank," to his friends and family) - was born in Andernach, Germany on the 16th of Augus...
In this audio-clip, we hear the Star-Spangled Banner as it would have sounded in 1854.
The words of Francis Scott Key's poem (The Star-Spangled Banner) were set to the music of a popular English tune known as To Anacreon in Heaven.
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