Carol Ann Duffy is an award-winning Scottish poet of “post-post war England: Thatcher’s England.” She is best known for writing love poems. Carol Ann Duffy Poems often take the form of monologues. An Economist reviewer described her verses as typically “spoken in the voices of the urban people of society who harbour Read more…
Maya Angelou, born in 1928, lived through some of the worst oppression and inequality for African American people. Although slavery had been long abolished, Angelou saw its effects on society. Out of Maya Angelou Poems, ‘Still I Rise’ is her declaration that she would not allow the hatefulness of society to determine Read more…
Adrienne Cecile Rich was an American poet, essayist and feminist. She was called “one of the most widely read and influential poets of the second half of the 20th century”. Also bought “the oppression of women and lesbians to the forefront of poetic discourse”. Rich criticized rigid forms of feminist identities, and valorized what she coined Read more…
John Keats, born in London in the year 1795 and died at the young age of 25 due to illness. He is a romantic poet. Today, his poems are one of the most sought-after creations in English literature. The above-given poetry is an excerpt from his poem, -Endymion : A Read more…
Pablo Neruda (1904 – 1973) was the ‘pen name’ and later, ‘legal name’ of this famous Chilean poet – diplomat – politician. He won the Noble prize for literature in the year 1971. He wrote in green ink which was his personal symbol for desire and hope. His writings are simple, Read more…
Kamala Das (1934-2009) was born in Malabar, Kerala. She is recognised as one of India’s foremost poets. Her work contain originality, versatility and the indigenous flavour of the soil. She has published many novels and short stories. She wrote under the pen name “Madhavi Kutty”. My mother at sixty-six is written Read more…
William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet, dramatist, writer and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival. He then became a pillar of the Irish literary establishment who helped to found the Abbey Theatre. In his later years he served two terms Read more…
Frederic Ogden Nash was an American poet well known for his light verse. He wrote over 500 pieces. We have explained below one of his poems called The Tale of Custard the Dragon. When Nash was not writing poems, he made guest appearances on comedy and radio shows and toured the Read more…
Carl August Sandburg (1878-1967) was an American poet, writer and editor. He won three Pulitzer Prizes- two for his poetry and one for his biography of Abraham Lincoln. He wrote poems like grass, analysis, Chicago, etc. We have explained below one of his poem Fog. He won three Pulitzer Prizes: two Read more…
Adrienne Cecile Rich was an American poet, essayist and feminist. She was called “one of the most widely read and influential poets of the second half of the 20th century”. Also bought “the oppression of women and lesbians to the forefront of poetic discourse”. Rich criticized rigid forms of feminist identities, and valorized what she coined Read more…