|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
THIS WEEK'S HIGHLIGHTS |
|
|
|
|
Spotlight Poet
Czeslaw Milosz
A poet and journalist, Milosz spent most of World War II in Nazi-occupied Warsaw working for underground presses. In 1980, He received the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Spotlight Poem
A Farewell to America
by Phillis Wheatley
Adieu, New-England's smiling meads, / Adieu, th' flow'ry plain: / I leave thine op'ning charms, O spring, / And tempt the roaring main.
Spotlight Audio
To the Reader
by Jena Osman
Spotlight Essay
Someone Reading a Book Is a Sign of Order in the World
by Mary Ruefle
"Reading is hazardous. Here is a true story that proves it: a Chinese student, having read The Scarlet Letter, saw an American in China wearing a high school letter jacket with the letter 'A' on the front and said, I know what that means."
|
|
|
|
|
FEATURED NOTEBOOK |
|
|
|
|
Creations
Selected by Billy Merrell
Explore the beginning of the world through its various myths—as represented in this group of cosmogonical poems by John Milton, Anne Pierson Wiese, James Weldon Johnson, Clayton Eshleman, and others.
Read more >
Browse all notebooks >
|
|
|
|
The Poets.org RSS Feed
Larger Type | Home | Help | Contact Us | Privacy Policy