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Poem-A-Day
Feb 9, 2012 Superstition
by Amy Lowell
I have painted a picture of a ghost
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Spotlight Poet
Claude McKay
McKay's viewpoints and poetic achievements in the earlier part of the twentieth century set the tone for the Harlem Renaissance and gained the deep respect of younger black poets of the time, including Langston Hughes.

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Under the Viaduct, 1932

by Rita Dove
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Spotlight Essay
A Brief Guide to the Harlem Renaissance

"The legacy of the Harlem Renaissance opened doors and deeply influenced the generations of African American writers that followed, including Robert Hayden and Gwendolyn Brooks..."

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Discipline

by Dawn Lundy Martin
Claudia Rankine notes that what Martin's poems evoke "is beyond knowledge. Instead, find the feelings words only strive toward. I was awakened..."
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