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

which Anderson's will sell on Jan. 20. One of these rarities is a first edition of "Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, by Phillis Wheatley, Negro Servant to Mr. John Wheatley of ...

“A poem is best read in the light of all the other poems ever written. We read A the better to read B (we have to start somewhere; we may get very little out of A). We read B the better to read ...

Amanda Gorman, a Los Angeles native and the United States' first National Youth Poet Laureate best known for her poem "The Hill We ... and my heart goes out to all of those who have been affected ...

make him a man for all times but especially for our own. Thomas Merton expressed this vision in his poetry, novels, essays, devotionals, and autobiographical writings. We present to you this ...

More than 140 Democrats voted against a House bill to deport illegal immigrants convicted of sex crimes on Thursday. The legislation passed along bipartisan lines in a 274 to 145 vote. All present ...

When reading poetry a reader will interpret what it means to them. Everyone's response is different. What is imagery? Learn about how writers use imagery, the impact of imagery and how it appeals ...

Then you can see your four line poem has an A B A B rhyme scheme. If all four lines rhyme with each other, this would be an A A A A rhyme scheme. Soon the sun will fade from the sky, And the stars ...