We were looking for poetry that had struck its readers, for whatever reasons, as unforgettable, enduring, and influential: ...

All-American Poem by Matthew Dickman Dickman ... have you wanting to read her work again and again. Favorite poem: “[The famous poets came for us]” Time is a Mother by Ocean Vuong This is ...

As one of the first African American poets to gain national recognition ... and shades our eyes—” Arguably Dunbar’s most ...

A representative poem precedes informal and authoritative comments on each chosen poet. Committed to his discipline over a lifetime, unassuming and patient as a teacher, Hirsch guides readers through ...

Is this all about a poem? If Henry Wadsworth Longfellow had not focused on Revere in his famous 1861 ode to the midnight ride, would both men stand on equal footing in American history?