Reading the Poem: Silently read the poem “ finding tomorrow ” by m.s. RedCherries. What do you notice about the poem? Note ...

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In 2024, the Academy of American Poets invited twelve poets to each curate a month of poems. In this short Q&A, Victor ...

Sunset at Luquillo wetlands / Brings the biting flies ...

Born in 1938, Ishmael Reed is the author of many collections of poems and essays, as well as several novels, and he is also well known for his contributions to jazz and blues music, as both a lyricist ...

As if some little Arctic flower” was originally written in 1890 by Emily Dickinson. The poem would later be published in The ...

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In the shadows of city lights, we dwelled, untold stories, almas olvidadas, enduring streets where dreams were bought and sold.

A Cry from an Indian Wife” originally appeared in Emily Pauline Johnson’s first volume of poetry, The White Wampum, which was published in 1895 in Boston, London, and Toronto by Lamson, Wolffe and ...

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Felix Cortes is a poet and activist. He was born in Puerto Rico in 1950 and migrated to New York City when he was two years ...