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Rudyard Kipling's "The Law of the Jungle"
Joseph Rudyard Kipling (/ˈrʌdjərd/ RUD-yərd; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936)[1] was an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist…
4 years, 7 months ago
Maurice Manning "The Winter of My Discontent'
Maurice Manning (born 1966) is an American poet. His first collection of poems, Lawrence Booth's Book of Visions, was awarded the Yale Younger Poets …
4 years, 7 months ago
Lucy Shaw's "Mending"
Lucy Shaw has published ten volumes of poetry (several still in print) and numerous non-fiction books, and has edited and collaborated on multiple ot…
4 years, 7 months ago
Edwin Arlington Robinson's "Mr. Flood's Party"
Edwin Arlington Robinson (December 22, 1869 – April 6, 1935) was an American poet. Robinson won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry on three occasions and …
4 years, 7 months ago
Maya Angelou's "On the Pulse of Morning"
Maya Angelou (/ˈændʒəloʊ/ (listen) AN-jə-loh;[1][2] born Marguerite Annie Johnson; April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American poet, memoirist, and…
4 years, 7 months ago
Harmony Holiday's "Microwave Popcorn"
Born in Waterloo, Iowa, poet and choreographer Harmony Holiday is the daughter of Northern Soul singer/songwriter Jimmy Holiday. Her father died when…
4 years, 7 months ago
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "Woods in Winter"
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882) was an American poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song …
4 years, 7 months ago
Li-Young Lee's "Eating Together"
Li-Young Lee (李立揚, pinyin: Lǐ Lìyáng) (born August 19, 1957) is an American poet. He was born in Jakarta, Indonesia, to Chinese parents.[1] His mater…
4 years, 7 months ago
Richard Wilbur's "Year's End"
Richard Purdy Wilbur (March 1, 1921 – October 14, 2017) was an American poet and literary translator. One of the foremost poets of his generation, Wi…
4 years, 8 months ago
Thomas Hardy's "The Darkling Thrush"
Thomas Hardy OM (2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928) was an English novelist and poet. A Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was influe…
4 years, 8 months ago