Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: New Mexico Poets
Resource provides an overview of the poets from a particular state. The overview for New Mexico includes information on the featured poets (Arthur Sze and D. H. Lawrence) and poems specifically about New Mexico.
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: Washington Poets
Provides an overview of the poets from a particular state. The overview for Washington includes information on the featured poets (Linda Bierds and Richard Hugo) and poems specifically about Washington.
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: Alaska Poets
Poets.org provides an overview of the poets from a particular state. The overview for Alaska includes information on featured poets (John Haines, Linda Bierds, and Robert W. Service) and poems specifically about Alaska.
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: District of Columbia Poets
Lists poetry-friendly bookstores in the District of Columbia along with a description of each. Scroll down below this list to see profiles of some featured poets from this state.
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: New Jersey Poets
This resource provides an overview of the poets from a particular state. The overview for New Jersey includes information on the featured poets (Walt Whitman and William Carlos Williams) and poems specifically about New Jersey.
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: Minnesota Poets
This overview for Minnesota includes information on featured poets (John Berryman and Robert Bly) and poems specifically about Minnesota.
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: Nebraska Poets
This overview for Nebraska includes information on featured poets (Ted Kooser and Martha Collins) and poems specifically about Nebraska.
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: Robert Browning
This site includes a great biography of the English poet Robert Browning. There is also a complete bibliography included that is quite extensive.
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: California Poets
Poets.org provides an overview of the poets from a particular state. The overview for California includes information on featured poets (Allen Ginsberg and Adrienne Rich) and poems specifically about California.
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: Stephen Yenser
Poets.org provides a brief biographical overview of Stephen Yenser including information on his life and links to selected poems. A column of links to additional reading information on Yenser is also provided.
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: Jack Prelutsky
Poets.org provides a brief biographical overview of Jack Prelutsky including information on his life and links to selected poems. A column of links to additional reading information on Prelutsky is also provided.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Tracy K. Smith, New u.s. Poet Laureate, Calls Poems Her 'Anchor'
A profile of Tracy K. Smith, the U.S. Poet Laureate for 2017. Includes an audio recording of her reading the poem "When Your Small Form Tumbled Into Me." (Published June 14, 2017)
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Jean Toomer
This site from Modern American Poetry comes from the English department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and proves to be a great resource for information about Jean Toomer (1894-1967 CE). The site contains links to a...
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery: American Women: Edna St. Vincent Millay
A brief look at American poet, Edna St. Vincent Millay, along with a portrait of her painted by Charles Ellis.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: American Romanticism: The Indian Burying Ground by Philip Morin Freneau
This is the text and video reading of the poem "The Indian Burying Ground" by Philip Morin Freneau, an American poet, nationalist (also known as Federalist), polemicist, sea captain, and newspaper editor sometimes called the "Poet of the...
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American Poets: Emily Dickinson Biography and Poems
A biography on the life of poet Emily Dickinson (1830-1886 CE) that discusses her childhood, personal life, and her literary career. Includes links to the text of 500 of her poems.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Spirit of Nationalism: Phillis Wheatley
Phillis Wheatley, an African-American slave, is featured for her neoclassical poetry of pre-nineteenth century America. Click on "Phillis Wheatley Activities" for more resources.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Rita Dove
This site focuses on Dove's poem "Parsley". It contains several interviews and articles about Dove and "Parsley". The text of the poem is not, however, available on this page.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Utopian Promise: Edward Taylor
Born in England, emigrant Edward Taylor was a Harvard educated minister, writer, and poet of orthodox Puritan theology. Click on "Edward Taylor Activities" for related materials.
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: Robert Penn Warren
This site contains a complete biography and a selected bibliography along with a photo.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Gothic Undercurrents: Edgar Allan Poe
This biography features Edgar Allan Poe who introduced the genre of horror and mystery to literature in the nineteenth century with stories such as "The Raven."
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: Sylvia Plath
This web page provides a brief biography on Sylvia Plath with a photograph included.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Robert Lowell
An intimate look into the poetry of Robert Lowell, with a short biography and links to critical essays on thirteen of his poems. Click on the "Online Poems" link to read the full text of the highlighted poems.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Gothic Undercurrents: Emily Dickinson
Video on the life and works of poet Emily Dickinson highlighting her literary contributions which often challenged many of the common beliefs among her peers. Click on "Emily Dickinson Activities" for related materials. Part of a...
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