Poetry Story Briefs

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."

Because of his difficult childhood circumstances, Edgar Allan Poe was often alone during his youth. He wrote a poem, called "Alone," where he reflects...

Known for the musical word rhythms which he created, Poe is often-called one of America's greatest poets.

After she read the 1842 "Report of the Children’s Employment Commission," an appalled Elizabeth Barrett Browning published her poem, "The Cry of the...

This is the story of Faust, based on the dramatic poem by Goethe and adapted for the screen - in 1926 - by F.W. Murnau and his team.

Passing through the frozen part of the Inferno, Dante and Virgil encounter heads which seem to be completely frozen in ice.  Gustave Dore illust...

April is Poetry Month; here is a poetry collection featuring personal emotions. What is it like when the doctor delivers bad news? Then ... what is it...

Poetic response to a Holocaust-Museum visit, by Carole Bos.

Poem on a couple's happiness, by Carole Bos.

After revising his work seven times, Thoreau publishes Walden on August 9, 1854.

In this scene from Kenneth Branagh's version of Henry V, released in 1989, we see the English king and his men assessing both French and English losse...

Poem about patience, by Carole Bos.

One of her most famous poems - "How Do I Love Thee?" - was first published in 1850. Elizabeth wrote it while she was dating Robert Browning.

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