Poetry

Poetry, how do I love thee? Count the ways in this collection of classic and contemporary poems, biographies of popular poets, plus tutorials on how to write poetry yourself.

  • Old Man and the Sea
    Classic Poems About Sailors and the Sea
  • Quote about poetry in gold lettering on a stone.
    What Is Poetry, and How Is It Different?
  • The Catcher in the Rye
    'Comin' Thro the Rye'
  • A fallen soldier writes on a wall in blood.
    Great War Poems
  • Young woman reading a book at the park in an autumn landscape.
    7 Poems That Evoke Autumn
  • Title page of first edition of Fairy Queen (The Faerie Queene), by Edmund Spenser
    The Stanza: The Poem Within The Poem
  • hands writing in notebook with empty teacup and plates
    Best Smartphone Apps for Poetry Writing
  • Old leather-bound books
    How to Identify and Understand Masculine Rhyme in Poetry
  • antique book open for reading
    Spondee: Definition and Examples from Poetry
  • Woman with chalk board thought bubble
    How to Memorize a Poem
  • Father and son reading book while sitting on couch
    Nursery Rhymes: All Kinds
  • Robert Browning
    Analysis of the Robert Browning's Poem 'My Last Duchess'
  • Portrait of John Keats
    Biography of John Keats, English Romantic Poet
  • TS Eliot
    Biography of T.S. Eliot, Poet, Playwright, and Essayist
  • Langston Hughes, 1959
    Biography of Langston Hughes, Poet, Key Figure in Harlem Renaissance
  • Chilean writer Gabriela Mistral
    Biography of Gabriela Mistral, Chilean Poet and Nobel Prize Winner
  • Dorothy Parker proofreading a draft
    Biography of Dorothy Parker, American Poet and Humorist
  • Rainer Maria Rilke In His Study
    Biography of Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian Poet
  • Portrait of Emily Dickinson
    Biography of Emily Dickinson, American Poet
  • Mexican writer Octavio Paz
    Octavio Paz, Mexican Poet, Writer, and Nobel Prize Winner
  • Gwendolynn Brooks, 1950
    Biography of Gwendolyn Brooks, the People’s Poet
  • Elizabeth Barrett Browning
    Biography of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Poet and Activist
  • Illustration of Alexander Pope
    Biography of Alexander Pope, England's Most Quoted Poet
  • photograph of poet Gary Snyder
    Gary Snyder, American Poet
  • photo of Carl Sandburg playing his guitar
    Carl Sandburg, Poet and Lincoln Biographer
  • Lord Byron - portrait with his ancestral home
    Biography of Lord Byron, English Poet and Aristocrat
  • Old Father Time with his scythe, carrying in the New Year
    15 Classic Poems for the New Year
  • Vintage letter and communication concept.
    10 Classic Poems for Halloween
  • Couple walking with heart-shaped balloon
    A Collection of Classic Love Poetry for Your Sweetheart
  • tintern abbey on the river wye
    A Guide to Wordsworth's Themes of Memory and Nature in 'Tintern Abbey'
  • Baseball Player Sliding Into Home Plate
    A Poetic Take on Baseball
  • Woman reading a book
    10 Classic Poems on Gardens and Gardening
  • Daughter standing on feet of father and dancing
    7 Classic Poems for Fathers
  • Collection of old, classic books on a shelf.
    14 Classic Poems Everyone Should Know
  • Close up mother and son reading book
    How Did These Classic Nursery Rhymes and Lullabies Originate?
  • Burning Of Shelley
    Poems of Protest and Revolution
  • Mouth open, poetry flowing out of head onto book
    Metaphysical Poetry and Poets
  • Cow licks a calf in pasture.
    Understanding 'The Pasture' by Robert Frost
  • Soldier and wife visiting cemetery together
    Poems of War and Remembrance
  • A large family is all smiles at Thanksgiving dinner
    Poems to Read on Thanksgiving Day
  • Ireland, Meath, Trim, Trees in snow
    41 Classic and New Poems to Keep You Warm in Winter
  • Edgar Allan Poe
    Classic Poems Set to Music
  • girl flying American flag in field
    Patriotic Poems for Independence Day
  • William Butler Yeats In A Rocking Chair
    A Guide to Yeats' 'The Second Coming'
  • Colours Of Autumn
    Reading Notes on Robert Frost’s Poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay”
  • Great Wall of China
    Li Po: One of China's Most Renowned Poets
  • Osprey flying above fir trees with sunrays streaming through mist
    A Classic Collection of Bird Poems
  • Robert Frost outdoors in Miami, 1958
    Biography of Robert Frost
  • Yellow leaves line a forest path in fall
    A Guide to Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken"
  • William Butler Yeats in 1911
    Profile of William Butler Yeats
  • William Blake British poet
    Biography of William Blake, English Poet and Artist
  • Ronald Reagan Taking Oath of Office
    Presidential Inauguration Poems
  • William Wordsworth engraving
    William Wordsworth
  • Portrait of Robert Louis Stevenson
    Heather Ale by Robert Louis Stevenson
  • Robert Frost, American Poet
    Robert Frost's 'Acquainted With the Night'
  • The Library of Congress
    Poets Laureate of the U.S.A.
  • 9.11 Tribute in Light over Manhattan
    Poets Respond to the 9/11 Attacks
  • A Guide to William Blake's 'The Tyger'
  • 18 Classic Poems of the Christmas Season
  • Dreaming of Xanadu: A Guide to Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem “Kubla Khan”
  • Woman with the face of Diego Rivera painted on her forehead.
    What Is Ekphrastic Poetry?
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