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Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry
A Study of Poetry
4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul
Famous Poets and Poetic Form
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:
Poetry: First Lines
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Born April 19, 1931 • Corinth • Mississippi
Died March 10, 1991 (aged 59) • Indianapolis • Indiana
Notable Works “Born of a Woman” • “Poems From Prison”
Role In Black Arts movement
Jessie Redmon Fauset
Jessie Redmon Fauset
American author
Jeannette Leonard Gilder
American editor and writer
Julia Ward Howe
Julia Ward Howe
American writer
Diane di Prima
American poet
Susanna Rowson
American author and actress
Rose Alnora Hartwick Thorpe
American poet and writer
Bunner, Henry Cuyler
Henry Cuyler Bunner
American writer
Alice Walker
Alice Walker
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André Leon Talley
American fashion editor
Ishmael Reed
Ishmael Reed
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August Wilson
August Wilson
American dramatist
Carolyn M. Rodgers
American poet, teacher, critic, and publisher
Sonia Sanchez
American poet, playwright, and educator
Ntozake Shange
Ntozake Shange
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June Jordan.
June Jordan
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Haki R. Madhubuti
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Bob Kaufman
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Gwendolyn Bennett
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T.S. Eliot
T.S. Eliot
American-English poet, playwright, and literary critic
Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau
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Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry
A Study of Poetry
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:
Poetry: First Lines
4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul
Famous Poets and Poetic Form