Paul Laurence Dunbar was born on June 27, 1872 to two formerly enslaved people from Kentucky. He became one of the first influential Black poets in American literature. Published in 20 books were Paul Laurence Poetries and fiction and numerous articles, stories, and poems in magazines and newspapers. “We Wear Read more…
Robert Burns was born in 1759, to William and Agnes Brown Burnes. Like his father, Burns was a tenant farmer. Throughout his life he was also a practicing poet. Moreover Robert Burns Poetries recorded and celebrated aspects of farm life, regional experience, traditional culture, class culture and distinctions, and religious Read more…
Kamala Das, (Kamala Surayya), (March 31, 1934 — May 31, 2009), was an Indian author. She wrote openly and frankly about female sexual desire and the experience of being an Indian woman. Her short stories, poetries, memoirs, and essays brought her respect and notoriety in equal measures. As a confessional poet Read more…
William Blake (28 November1757 – 12 August1827) was a visionary English poet, painter, and printmaker. He was largely unrecognized during his life, but is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual art of the Romantic Age. Blake was primarily occupied as an engraver and Read more…
Nissim Ezekiel was an Indian-born poet of Jewish descent. People describe him as the “father of post-independence Indian verse in English”. A number of collections of Nissim Ezekiel Poetries were published which were very popular. Some, such as The Night Of The Scorpion, and the anti-jingoism poem The Patriot, are standard verses Read more…
Robert Lee Frost (March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963) was an American poet. His work was initially published in England before it was published in the United States. Frost frequently wrote about settings from rural life in New England in the early 20th, using them to examine complex social and philosophical themes. The Road Not Taken Read more…
The poem “Waiting” by Shri Rabindranath Tagore can be interpreted in multiple ways — spiritual, religious or even romantic. Moreover this poem on spirituality is an expression of a spiritual journey. Tagore talks about the Hindu belief that God resides within all of us, and the journey towards him requires Read more…
Rupi Kaur (born 4 October,1992) is a Canadian poet, illustrator, photographer, and author. Born in Punjab, India, Kaur emigrated to Canada with her family. She began performing poetry in 2009 and rose to fame on Instagram, eventually becoming a popular poet through her three collections of poetry – Milk and Honey Read more…
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson, December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886, is one of America’s greatest and most original poets of all time. She took definition as her province and challenged the existing definitions of poetry and the poet’s work. “Hope is the thing with feathers” written somewhere around 1861 is a popular poem Read more…