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class="phBody"> <div class="phContainer changeContainer"> <div class="phContentScope"> <div class="phRow phBoxStyle page-template blue-purple"> <div class="phContent"> <div class="browseBy"> Explore poets by: <span style="float: right;font-size: 12px;width:90px;"> <a href="/explore/poets/" title="Restore Filter"> <span style="float:left;padding-right:5px;padding-top:3px;"><img src="/assets/img/restore-filter-icon.svg" alt="Restore Filter" /></span> Restore Filter </a> </span> </div> <div class=""> <div class="select-box exploreSelect"> <select class="select" id="PoetBirthdays" name="PoetBirthdays"> <option value="0">Poet's Birhdate</option> <option value="0">All</option> <option data-attr="pre_1600" value="1" >Pre-1600</option> <option data-attr="1600_1699" value="2" >1600-1699</option> <option data-attr="1700_1799" value="3" >1700-1799</option> <option data-attr="1800_1899" value="4" >1800-1899</option> <option data-attr="1900_19650" value="5" >1900-1950</option> <option 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data-attr="modern" value="12" >Modern</option> <option data-attr="new_york_school" value="13" >New York School</option> <option data-attr="new_york_school_2nd_generation" value="14" >New York School (2nd Generation)</option> <option data-attr="objectivist" value="15" >Objectivist</option> <option data-attr="renaissance" value="16" >Renaissance</option> <option data-attr="romantic" value="17" >Romantic</option> <option data-attr="victorian" value="18" >Victorian</option> </select> </div> <div class="select-box exploreSelect"> <select class="select" id="PoetRegions" name="PoetRegions"> <option value="0">Poet's Region</option> <option value="0">All</option> <option data-attr="albania" value="17" >Albania</option> <option data-attr="argentina" value="24" >Argentina</option> <option data-attr="armenia" value="25" >Armenia</option> <option data-attr="australia" value="28" >Australia</option> <option data-attr="austria" value="29" >Austria</option> <option data-attr="belarus" value="34" >Belarus</option> <option data-attr="belgium" value="35" >Belgium</option> <option data-attr="brazil" value="42" >Brazil</option> <option data-attr="bulgaria" value="44" >Bulgaria</option> <option data-attr="canada" value="48" >Canada</option> <option data-attr="chile" value="53" >Chile</option> <option data-attr="china" value="252" >China</option> <option data-attr="colombia" value="56" >Colombia</option> <option data-attr="croatia" value="64" >Croatia</option> <option data-attr="cuba" value="65" >Cuba</option> <option data-attr="denmark" value="68" >Denmark</option> <option data-attr="egypt" value="74" >Egypt</option> <option data-attr="finland" value="81" >Finland</option> <option data-attr="france" value="82" >France</option> <option data-attr="gambia_the" value="85" >Gambia, The</option> <option data-attr="georgia_" value="86" >Georgia </option> <option data-attr="germany" value="87" >Germany</option> <option data-attr="greece" value="90" >Greece</option> <option data-attr="hungary" value="103" >Hungary</option> <option data-attr="iceland" value="104" >Iceland</option> <option data-attr="india" value="105" >India</option> <option data-attr="iran" value="107" >Iran</option> <option data-attr="iraq" value="108" >Iraq</option> <option data-attr="ireland" value="109" >Ireland</option> <option data-attr="italy" value="112" >Italy</option> <option data-attr="jamaica" value="113" >Jamaica</option> <option data-attr="japan" value="253" >Japan</option> <option data-attr="latvia" value="122" >Latvia</option> <option data-attr="lebanon" value="123" >Lebanon</option> <option data-attr="lithuania" value="128" >Lithuania</option> <option data-attr="malawi" value="132" >Malawi</option> <option data-attr="malta" value="136" >Malta</option> <option data-attr="mexico" value="141" >Mexico</option> <option data-attr="nagorno_karabakh" value="149" >Nagorno-Karabakh</option> <option data-attr="netherlands" value="153" >Netherlands</option> <option data-attr="new_zealand" value="156" >New Zealand</option> <option data-attr="nicaragua" value="157" >Nicaragua</option> <option data-attr="norway" value="164" >Norway</option> <option data-attr="pakistan" value="166" >Pakistan</option> <option data-attr="peru" value="172" >Peru</option> <option data-attr="philippines" value="173" >Philippines</option> <option data-attr="poland" value="175" >Poland</option> <option data-attr="portugal" value="176" >Portugal</option> <option data-attr="romania" value="179" >Romania</option> <option data-attr="russia" value="180" >Russia</option> <option data-attr="saint_lucia" value="185" >Saint Lucia</option> <option data-attr="saudi_arabia" value="192" >Saudi Arabia</option> <option data-attr="serbia" value="194" >Serbia</option> <option data-attr="slovenia" value="198" >Slovenia</option> <option data-attr="south_africa" value="202" >South Africa</option> <option data-attr="spain" value="204" >Spain</option> <option data-attr="sweden" value="209" >Sweden</option> <option data-attr="switzerland" value="210" >Switzerland</option> <option data-attr="turkey" value="222" >Turkey</option> <option data-attr="ukraine" value="227" >Ukraine</option> <option data-attr="united_kingdom" value="229" >United Kingdom</option> <option data-attr="united_states" value="230" >United States</option> <option data-attr="uruguay" value="231" >Uruguay</option> <option data-attr="venezuela" value="235" >Venezuela</option> <option data-attr="vietnam" value="236" >Vietnam</option> </select> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phRow phBoxStyle active blue-purple"> <span class="top-line bgc"></span> <div class="phBoxSmallHead acc-click"> <span class="left-line bgc"></span> <span class="phBoxTitle txtc">Showing 1 to 100 of 3004 Poets</span> </div> <div class="phBoxContent acc-content"> <div class="phLists"> <div class="phLists phlQuoteList phScrollPosition oneButtonRight phTextInStars count-false"> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/04/6604_b_4560.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/robert-frost/" title="Robert Frost"> <span> Robert Frost <span class="phCounter">(191 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Robert Frost (1874-1963) was an American poet who is widely considered one of the most important and influential poets of the 20th century. He was born in San Francisco, California, but spent most of his childhood in New England, where he developed a love for the natural world that would later become a major theme in his poetry. <a href="/robert-frost/biography/" title="Robert Frost Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/in-the-home-stretch/" title="In The Home Stretch">In The Home Stretch</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/a-star-in-a-stoneboat/" title="A Star In A Stoneboat">A Star In A Stoneboat</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/asking-for-roses/" title="Asking For Roses">Asking For Roses</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-door-in-the-dark/" title="The Door In The Dark">The Door In The Dark</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-freedom-of-the-moon/" title="The Freedom Of The Moon">The Freedom Of The Moon</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/robert-frost/poems/" title="See all poems by Robert Frost">See all poems by Robert Frost</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/15/33415_b_1768.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/shel-silverstein-2/" title="Shel Silverstein"> <span> Shel Silverstein <span class="phCounter">(223 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">September 25, 1930 – May 10, 1999 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Shel Silverstein (1930-1999) was an American author, poet, cartoonist, and songwriter who is best known for his children's books, including The Giving Tree, Where the Sidewalk Ends, and A Light in the Attic. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, and began drawing cartoons and writing poetry as a child. After serving in the military during the Korean War, Silverstein began his career as a cartoonist, publishing his work in magazines like Playboy and Sports Illustrated. <a href="/shel-silverstein-2/biography/" title="Shel Silverstein Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/stupid-pencil-maker/" title="Stupid Pencil Maker">Stupid Pencil Maker</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/sure-hit-songwriter-s-pen/" title="Sure Hit Songwriter’s Pen">Sure Hit Songwriter’s Pen</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/sylvia-s-mother/" title="Sylvia's Mother">Sylvia's Mother</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/tell-me-145/" title="Tell Me">Tell Me</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/testing-the-bomb/" title="Testing The Bomb">Testing The Bomb</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/shel-silverstein-2/poems/" title="See all poems by Shel Silverstein">See all poems by Shel Silverstein</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/38/6638_b_5309.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/pablo-neruda/" title="Pablo Neruda"> <span> Pablo Neruda <span class="phCounter">(143 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">12 July 1904 – 23 September 1973 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Pablo Neruda (1904-1973) was a Chilean poet and diplomat who is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential poets of the 20th century. He was born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto in Parral, Chile, and began writing poetry as a teenager. Neruda's early poetry was heavily influenced by modernist and surrealist movements, but he later developed his own unique style, characterized by his vivid imagery, political themes, and passion for life. <a href="/pablo-neruda/biography/" title="Pablo Neruda Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/ode-to-sadness/" title="Ode To Sadness">Ode To Sadness</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/leaning-into-the-afternoons/" title="Leaning Into The Afternoons">Leaning Into The Afternoons</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/from-twenty-poems-of-love/" title="From – Twenty Poems Of Love">From – Twenty Poems Of Love</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/ode-to-wine/" title="Ode To Wine">Ode To Wine</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/walking-around/" title="Walking Around">Walking Around</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/pablo-neruda/poems/" title="See all poems by Pablo Neruda">See all poems by Pablo Neruda</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/34/6834_b_5936.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/maya-angelou/" title="Maya Angelou"> <span> Maya Angelou <span class="phCounter">(52 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">4 April 1928 - 28 May 2014 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Maya Angelou (1928-2014) was an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist. She was born Marguerite Annie Johnson in St. Louis, Missouri and spent much of her childhood in Stamps, Arkansas. She experienced trauma early in life when she was raped at the age of 7 by her mother's boyfriend, who was subsequently killed by her uncles. <a href="/maya-angelou/biography/" title="Maya Angelou Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/men/" title="Men">Men</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/remembrance-2/" title="Remembrance">Remembrance</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/a-plagued-journey/" title="A Plagued Journey">A Plagued Journey</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/california-prodigal/" title="California Prodigal">California Prodigal</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/kin-4/" title="Kin">Kin</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/maya-angelou/poems/" title="See all poems by Maya Angelou">See all poems by Maya Angelou</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/69/3069_b_9536.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/william-shakespeare/" title="William Shakespeare"> <span> William Shakespeare <span class="phCounter">(403 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">26 April 1564 - 23 April 1616 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was an English playwright, poet, and actor who is widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the English language and one of the most important figures in the history of Western literature. He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, and little is known about his early life. <a href="/william-shakespeare/biography/" title="William Shakespeare Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/sonnet-92-but-do-thy-worst-to-steal-thyself-away/" title="Sonnet 92: But Do Thy Worst To Steal Thyself Away">Sonnet 92: But Do Thy Worst To Steal Thyself Away</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/sonnet-93-so-shall-i-live-supposing-thou-art-true/" title="Sonnet 93: So Shall I Live, Supposing Thou Art True">Sonnet 93: So Shall I Live, Supposing Thou Art True</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/sonnet-104-to-me-fair-friend-you-never-can-be-old/" title="Sonnet 104: To Me, Fair Friend, You Never Can Be Old">Sonnet 104: To Me, Fair Friend, You Never Can Be Old</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/sonnet-121-tis-better-to-be-vile-than-vile-esteemed/" title="Sonnet 121:Tis Better To Be Vile Than Vile Esteemed">Sonnet 121:Tis Better To Be Vile Than Vile Esteemed</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/blow-blow-thou-winter-wind/" title="Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind">Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/william-shakespeare/poems/" title="See all poems by William Shakespeare">See all poems by William Shakespeare</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/91/6691_b_7980.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/langston-hughes/" title="Langston Hughes"> <span> Langston Hughes <span class="phCounter">(100 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">1 February 1902 – 22 May 1967 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Langston Hughes (1902-1967) was an American poet, novelist, playwright, and social activist who is best known for his work during the Harlem Renaissance, a period of great cultural and artistic growth among African Americans in the 1920s and 1930s. He was born in Joplin, Missouri, and raised primarily by his grandmother in Lawrence, Kansas. <a href="/langston-hughes/biography/" title="Langston Hughes Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/acceptance-62/" title="Acceptance">Acceptance</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/bouquet-6/" title="Bouquet">Bouquet</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/catch-5/" title="Catch">Catch</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/deceased-4/" title="Deceased">Deceased</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/dream-boogie/" title="Dream Boogie">Dream Boogie</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/langston-hughes/poems/" title="See all poems by Langston Hughes">See all poems by Langston Hughes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/94/3094_b_4821.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/edgar-allan-poe/" title="Edgar Allan Poe"> <span> Edgar Allan Poe <span class="phCounter">(69 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">19 January 1809 - 7 October 1849 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American writer, poet, and literary critic. He is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential figures in American literature. Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and grew up in Richmond, Virginia. He had a difficult childhood, marked by poverty, illness, and the loss of his parents. <a href="/edgar-allan-poe/biography/" title="Edgar Allan Poe Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/to-m-l-s/" title="To M.L.S.">To M.L.S.</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/lenore/" title="Lenore">Lenore</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/serenade/" title="Serenade">Serenade</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/an-enigma/" title="An Enigma">An Enigma</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/to-helen-1848/" title="To Helen - 1848">To Helen - 1848</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/edgar-allan-poe/poems/" title="See all poems by Edgar Allan Poe">See all poems by Edgar Allan Poe</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/53/3053_b_7495.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/emily-dickinson/" title="Emily Dickinson"> <span> Emily Dickinson <span class="phCounter">(1232 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">10 December 1830 – 15 May 1886 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) was an American poet who is widely considered one of the greatest poets in the English language. She was born and raised in Amherst, Massachusetts, and spent most of her life in relative seclusion, rarely leaving her family's home. Dickinson began writing poetry as a young girl, and by the time she was a young woman, she had already developed a unique voice and style. <a href="/emily-dickinson/biography/" title="Emily Dickinson Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/if-i-should-cease-to-bring-a-rose/" title="If I Should Cease To Bring A Rose">If I Should Cease To Bring A Rose</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-first-day-s-night-had-come/" title="The First Day's Night Had Come">The First Day's Night Had Come</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/her-sweet-turn-to-leave-the-homestead/" title="Her Sweet Turn To Leave The Homestead">Her Sweet Turn To Leave The Homestead</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/from-cocoon-forth-a-butterfly/" title="From Cocoon Forth A Butterfly">From Cocoon Forth A Butterfly</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/i-robbed-the-woods/" title="I Robbed The Woods">I Robbed The Woods</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/emily-dickinson/poems/" title="See all poems by Emily Dickinson">See all poems by Emily Dickinson</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/41/34741_b_675.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/rabindranath-tagore/" title="Rabindranath Tagore"> <span> Rabindranath Tagore <span class="phCounter">(215 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) was an Indian poet, philosopher, and polymath who is widely regarded as one of the most important figures in modern Indian literature. He was born in Calcutta, India, and grew up in a family of intellectuals and social reformers. Tagore began writing poetry at a young age, and his first collection of poems was published when he was just 17 years old. <a href="/rabindranath-tagore/biography/" title="Rabindranath Tagore Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/in-the-dusky-path-of-a-dream/" title="In The Dusky Path Of A Dream">In The Dusky Path Of A Dream</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/keep-me-fully-glad/" title="Keep Me Fully Glad">Keep Me Fully Glad</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/krishnakali/" title="Krishnakali">Krishnakali</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/lamp-of-love/" title="Lamp Of Love">Lamp Of Love</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/lord-of-my-life/" title="Lord Of My Life">Lord Of My Life</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/rabindranath-tagore/poems/" title="See all poems by Rabindranath Tagore">See all poems by Rabindranath Tagore</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/67/3067_b_932.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/william-wordsworth/" title="William Wordsworth"> <span> William Wordsworth <span class="phCounter">(386 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">1770-1850 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> William Wordsworth (1770-1850) was an English poet who is often considered one of the founders of the Romantic movement in English literature. He was born in Cockermouth, England, and grew up in the Lake District, a region that would become the inspiration for much of his poetry. Wordsworth began writing poetry in his early teens, and he went on to attend Cambridge University, where he became friends with fellow poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. <a href="/william-wordsworth/biography/" title="William Wordsworth Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/address-to-my-infant-daughter-dora-on-being-reminded-that-she-was-a-month-old-that-day-september-1/" title="Address To My Infant Daughter, Dora On Being Reminded That She Was A Month Old That Day, September 1">Address To My Infant Daughter, Dora On Being Reminded That She Was A Month Old That Day, September 1</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/admonition-2/" title="Admonition">Admonition</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/alice-fell-or-poverty/" title="Alice Fell, Or Poverty">Alice Fell, Or Poverty</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/among-all-lovely-things-my-love-had-been/" title="Among All Lovely Things My Love Had Been">Among All Lovely Things My Love Had Been</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/anticipation-october-1803/" title="Anticipation, October 1803">Anticipation, October 1803</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/william-wordsworth/poems/" title="See all poems by William Wordsworth">See all poems by William Wordsworth</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/03/12403_b_5015.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/derek-walcott/" title="Derek Walcott"> <span> Derek Walcott <span class="phCounter">(28 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">23 January 1930 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Derek Walcott (1930-2017) was a Caribbean poet and playwright who was born on the island of Saint Lucia. He is widely regarded as one of the most important literary figures of the 20th century. Walcott's work often explored themes of colonialism, race, and identity, and he drew heavily on the history and culture of the Caribbean in his writing. <a href="/derek-walcott/biography/" title="Derek Walcott Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/night-in-the-gardens-of-port-of-spain/" title="Night In The Gardens Of Port Of Spain">Night In The Gardens Of Port Of Spain</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/coral-2/" title="Coral">Coral</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/dark-august/" title="Dark August">Dark August</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/parang/" title="Parang">Parang</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/a-far-cry-from-africa/" title="A Far Cry From Africa">A Far Cry From Africa</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/derek-walcott/poems/" title="See all poems by Derek Walcott">See all poems by Derek Walcott</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/83/6683_b_8017.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/michael-rosen/" title="Michael Rosen"> <span> Michael Rosen <span class="phCounter">(3 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">7 May 1946 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Michael Rosen is a British author, poet, and broadcaster, known for his contributions to children's literature. He was born on May 7, 1946, in Harrow, London, England. Rosen attended Oxford University, where he studied English literature. He began his career as a writer in the late 1970s, and his first book, "Mind Your Own Business," was published in 1974. <a href="/michael-rosen/biography/" title="Michael Rosen Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/chocolate-cake/" title="Chocolate Cake">Chocolate Cake</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/down-behind-the-dustbin/" title="Down Behind The Dustbin">Down Behind The Dustbin</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/once-66/" title="Once">Once</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/michael-rosen/poems/" title="See all poems by Michael Rosen">See all poems by Michael Rosen</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/26/3026_b_7209.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/william-blake/" title="William Blake"> <span> William Blake <span class="phCounter">(139 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> William Blake (1757-1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker who is widely considered one of the most important figures of the Romantic era. He was born in London, England, and spent most of his life there. Blake began his career as an engraver and illustrator, and he quickly gained a reputation for his skill and innovation in the field. <a href="/william-blake/biography/" title="William Blake Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/never-seek-to-tell-thy-love/" title="Never Seek To Tell Thy Love">Never Seek To Tell Thy Love</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/to-tirzah/" title="To Tirzah">To Tirzah</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/why-should-i-care-for-the-men-of-thames/" title="Why Should I Care For The Men Of Thames">Why Should I Care For The Men Of Thames</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/earth-s-answer/" title="Earth's Answer">Earth's Answer</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/love-s-secret/" title="Love's Secret">Love's Secret</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/william-blake/poems/" title="See all poems by William Blake">See all poems by William Blake</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/64/6664_b_454._V1_.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/roald-dahl/" title="Roald Dahl"> <span> Roald Dahl <span class="phCounter">(27 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Roald Dahl (1916-1990) was a British novelist, short-story writer, and children's author. He was born in Wales and grew up in England, where he attended boarding school and later worked for the Shell oil company before enlisting in the Royal Air Force during World War II. Dahl began his literary career as a writer of adult fiction, and his early work was known for its dark and macabre themes. <a href="/roald-dahl/biography/" title="Roald Dahl Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/mike-teavee/" title=""Mike Teavee..."">"Mike Teavee..."</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/augustus-gloop-augustus-gloop/" title="Augustus Gloop! Augustus Gloop">Augustus Gloop! Augustus Gloop</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/attention-please-attention-please/" title="Attention Please! Attention Please!">Attention Please! Attention Please!</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/my-teacher-wasn-t-half-as-nice-as-yours-seems-to-be/" title="My Teacher Wasn'T Half As Nice As Yours Seems To Be">My Teacher Wasn'T Half As Nice As Yours Seems To Be</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/veruca-salt-the-little-brute/" title="Veruca Salt, The Little Brute">Veruca Salt, The Little Brute</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/roald-dahl/poems/" title="See all poems by Roald Dahl">See all poems by Roald Dahl</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/07/3107_b_6927.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/phillis-wheatley/" title="Phillis Wheatley"> <span> Phillis Wheatley <span class="phCounter">(41 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">1753 – 5 December 1784 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Phillis Wheatley was the first published African American poet and first African-American woman whose writings helped create the genre of African American literature. <h3>Life of Phillis Wheatley</h3> Although the date and place of her birth are not documented, scholars believe that Phillis Wheatley was born in 1753 likely in present-day Gambia. <a href="/phillis-wheatley/biography/" title="Phillis Wheatley Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/to-captain-h-d-of-the-65th-regiment/" title="To Captain H------D, Of The 65th Regiment">To Captain H------D, Of The 65th Regiment</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/an-hymn-to-humanity/" title="An Hymn To Humanity">An Hymn To Humanity</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/on-virtue/" title="On Virtue">On Virtue</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/thoughts-on-the-works-of-providence/" title="Thoughts On The Works Of Providence">Thoughts On The Works Of Providence</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/on-the-death-of-the-rev-dr-sewell-1769/" title="On The Death Of The Rev. Dr. Sewell, 1769">On The Death Of The Rev. Dr. Sewell, 1769</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/phillis-wheatley/poems/" title="See all poems by Phillis Wheatley">See all poems by Phillis Wheatley</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/69/6669_b_345.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/benjamin-zephaniah/" title="Benjamin Zephaniah"> <span> Benjamin Zephaniah <span class="phCounter">(20 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">15 April 1958 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Benjamin Zephaniah is a British poet, writer, and musician. He was born on April 15, 1958, in Handsworth, Birmingham, England, to Jamaican parents. Growing up in Birmingham, Zephaniah experienced racism and discrimination firsthand, which later became a major theme in his poetry. He left school at the age of 14 and became involved in the local music and arts scene, performing his poetry at events and festivals. <a href="/benjamin-zephaniah/biography/" title="Benjamin Zephaniah Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/neighbours/" title="Neighbours">Neighbours</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/de-rong-song/" title="De Rong Song">De Rong Song</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/wot-a-pair/" title="Wot A Pair">Wot A Pair</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/ride/" title="Ride">Ride</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/talking-turkeys/" title="Talking Turkeys!">Talking Turkeys!</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/benjamin-zephaniah/poems/" title="See all poems by Benjamin Zephaniah">See all poems by Benjamin Zephaniah</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/67/6667_b_7067.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/roger-mcgough/" title="Roger McGough"> <span> Roger McGough <span class="phCounter">(17 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">November 9 - 1937 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Roger McGough is an English poet, playwright, performer, and broadcaster. He was born on November 9, 1937, in Litherland, Liverpool, England. McGough grew up in Liverpool and attended the University of Hull, where he studied French and English. After graduation, he taught at a secondary school in Hoylake, but soon became involved in the Liverpool poetry scene, which was thriving in the 1960s. <a href="/roger-mcgough/biography/" title="Roger McGough Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/goodbat-nightman/" title="Goodbat Nightman">Goodbat Nightman</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-leader/" title="The Leader">The Leader</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-identification/" title="The Identification">The Identification</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-trouble-with-snowmen/" title="The Trouble With Snowmen">The Trouble With Snowmen</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/soil/" title="Soil">Soil</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/roger-mcgough/poems/" title="See all poems by Roger McGough">See all poems by Roger McGough</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/08/3108_b_9337.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/walt-whitman/" title="Walt Whitman"> <span> Walt Whitman <span class="phCounter">(392 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">31 May 1819 - 26 March 1892 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Walt Whitman was an American poet, essayist, and journalist, born on May 31, 1819, in West Hills, Long Island, New York. He is best known for his collection of poems entitled "Leaves of Grass," which is considered a groundbreaking work of American literature. Whitman grew up in a family of modest means and received little formal education. <a href="/walt-whitman/biography/" title="Walt Whitman Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/song-of-myself-xxix/" title="Song Of Myself, XXIX">Song Of Myself, XXIX</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/song-of-myself-xxx/" title="Song Of Myself, XXX">Song Of Myself, XXX</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/song-of-myself-xxxi/" title="Song Of Myself, XXXI">Song Of Myself, XXXI</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/song-of-myself-xxxii/" title="Song Of Myself, XXXII">Song Of Myself, XXXII</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/song-of-myself-xxxiii/" title="Song Of Myself, XXXIII">Song Of Myself, XXXIII</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/walt-whitman/poems/" title="See all poems by Walt Whitman">See all poems by Walt Whitman</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/77/11077_b_8237.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/jack-prelutsky/" title="Jack Prelutsky"> <span> Jack Prelutsky <span class="phCounter">(16 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">8 September 1940 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Jack Prelutsky is an American poet and children's author, born on September 8, 1940, in Brooklyn, New York. He is known for his humorous and whimsical poetry for children, which has earned him numerous awards and accolades. Prelutsky began writing poetry in his teens and went on to study philosophy at Hunter College in New York City. <a href="/jack-prelutsky/biography/" title="Jack Prelutsky Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/bleezer-s-ice-cream/" title="Bleezer's Ice Cream">Bleezer's Ice Cream</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/super-samson-simpson/" title="Super Samson Simpson">Super Samson Simpson</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-visitor/" title="The Visitor">The Visitor</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/a-wolf-is-at-the-laundromat/" title="A Wolf Is At The Laundromat">A Wolf Is At The Laundromat</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/herbert-glerbett/" title="Herbert Glerbett">Herbert Glerbett</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/jack-prelutsky/poems/" title="See all poems by Jack Prelutsky">See all poems by Jack Prelutsky</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/29/3129_b_7374.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/wilfred-owen/" title="Wilfred Owen"> <span> Wilfred Owen <span class="phCounter">(82 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">1893-1918 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Wilfred Owen (1893-1918) was an English poet and soldier who is widely regarded as one of the most important literary figures of World War I. Owen was born in Oswestry, England, and he attended school at Shrewsbury Technical School before working as a lay assistant to the vicar of Dunsden. He enlisted in the British Army in 1915 and was sent to the Western Front, where he saw active service in the trenches. <a href="/wilfred-owen/biography/" title="Wilfred Owen Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/inspection/" title="Inspection">Inspection</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/hospital-barge/" title="Hospital Barge">Hospital Barge</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-chances/" title="The Chances">The Chances</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/preface/" title="Preface">Preface</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/le-christianisme/" title="Le Christianisme">Le Christianisme</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/wilfred-owen/poems/" title="See all poems by Wilfred Owen">See all poems by Wilfred Owen</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/96/12896_b_993.jpeg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/gwendolyn-brooks/" title="Gwendolyn Brooks"> <span> Gwendolyn Brooks <span class="phCounter">(39 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">7 June 1917 – 3 December 2000 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks was an African-American poet. She was appointed Poet Laureate of Illinois in 1968 and Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1985. <b>Biography</b> Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks was born on June 7, 1917, in Topeka, Kansas, the first child of David Anderson Brooks and Keziah Wims. <a href="/gwendolyn-brooks/biography/" title="Gwendolyn Brooks Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-independent-man/" title="The Independent Man">The Independent Man</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/to-be-in-love/" title="To Be In Love">To Be In Love</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-ballad-of-rudolph-reed/" title="The Ballad Of Rudolph Reed">The Ballad Of Rudolph Reed</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/sadie-and-maud/" title="Sadie And Maud">Sadie And Maud</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/speech-to-the-young-speech-to-the-progress-towar/" title="Speech To The Young : Speech To The Progress-Toward">Speech To The Young : Speech To The Progress-Toward</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/gwendolyn-brooks/poems/" title="See all poems by Gwendolyn Brooks">See all poems by Gwendolyn Brooks</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/37/6637_b_6162.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/ogden-nash/" title="Ogden Nash"> <span> Ogden Nash <span class="phCounter">(126 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">August 19, 1902 – May 19, 1971 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Ogden Nash was an American poet known for his witty and humorous verse. He was born on August 19, 1902, in Rye, New York, and grew up in a wealthy family. His father was a successful businessman, and his mother was a socialite and amateur poet. Nash attended Harvard University but dropped out after a year and a half. <a href="/ogden-nash/biography/" title="Ogden Nash Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/two-dogs-have-i/" title="Two Dogs Have I">Two Dogs Have I</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-boy-who-laughed-at-santa-claus/" title="The Boy Who Laughed At Santa Claus">The Boy Who Laughed At Santa Claus</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/lines-indited-with-all-the-depravity-of-poverty/" title="Lines Indited With All The Depravity Of Poverty">Lines Indited With All The Depravity Of Poverty</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/agrave-bas-ben-adhem/" title="à Bas Ben Adhem">à Bas Ben Adhem</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/lines-to-be-embroidered-on-a-bib/" title="Lines To Be Embroidered On A Bib">Lines To Be Embroidered On A Bib</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/ogden-nash/poems/" title="See all poems by Ogden Nash">See all poems by Ogden Nash</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/56/3156_b_3466.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/john-keats/" title="John Keats"> <span> John Keats <span class="phCounter">(218 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">31 October 1795 – 23 February 1821 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> John Keats was born on October 31, 1795 in London, England. He died on February 23, 1821, Rome, Papal States [Italy]. John Keats was an English Romantic poet who devoted his short life to the perfection of a poetry marked by vivid imagery, great sensuous appeal, and an attempt to express a philosophy through classical legend. <a href="/john-keats/biography/" title="John Keats Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/ode/" title="Ode">Ode</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/this-living-hand/" title="This Living Hand">This Living Hand</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/to-one-who-has-been-long-in-city-pent/" title="To One Who Has Been Long In City Pent">To One Who Has Been Long In City Pent</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/to-my-brothers/" title="To My Brothers">To My Brothers</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/fill-for-me-a-brimming-bowl/" title="Fill For Me A Brimming Bowl">Fill For Me A Brimming Bowl</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/john-keats/poems/" title="See all poems by John Keats">See all poems by John Keats</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/60/38260_b_5049.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/edgar-albert-guest/" title="Edgar Albert Guest"> <span> Edgar Albert Guest <span class="phCounter">(974 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">20 August 1881 - 5 August 1959 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Edgar Albert Guest was a British-born American poet who became known as the People's Poet. His poems often had an inspirational and optimistic view of everyday life. Guest was born in Birmingham, England in 1881. In 1891, his family moved from England to Detroit, Michigan, where Guest lived until he died. <a href="/edgar-albert-guest/biography/" title="Edgar Albert Guest Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/heroes-50/" title="Heroes">Heroes</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/a-boy-s-tribute/" title="A Boy's Tribute">A Boy's Tribute</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/childless-5/" title="Childless">Childless</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-crucible-of-life/" title="The Crucible Of Life">The Crucible Of Life</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/laughter-86/" title="Laughter">Laughter</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/edgar-albert-guest/poems/" title="See all poems by Edgar Albert Guest">See all poems by Edgar Albert Guest</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/39/3039_b_9628.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/robert-burns/" title="Robert Burns"> <span> Robert Burns <span class="phCounter">(512 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">1759-1796 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Robert Burns, also known as Rabbie Burns, was a Scottish poet and lyricist born on January 25, 1759, in Alloway, Scotland. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and is celebrated for his work in both the Scots and English languages. Burns grew up on a farm and received a limited formal education. <a href="/robert-burns/biography/" title="Robert Burns Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/my-heart-s-in-the-highlands/" title="My Heart's In The Highlands">My Heart's In The Highlands</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/banks-o-doon-the/" title="Banks O' Doon, The">Banks O' Doon, The</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/first-six-verses-of-the-ninetieth-psalm-versifie/" title="First Six Verses Of The Ninetieth Psalm Versified, The">First Six Verses Of The Ninetieth Psalm Versified, The</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/john-anderson-my-jo/" title="John Anderson My Jo">John Anderson My Jo</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-rigs-o-barley/" title="The Rigs O' Barley">The Rigs O' Barley</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/robert-burns/poems/" title="See all poems by Robert Burns">See all poems by Robert Burns</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/19/1065519_b_516.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/jessie-pope/" title="Jessie Pope"> <span> Jessie Pope <span class="phCounter">(56 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">18 March 1868 - 14 December 1941 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Jessie Pope was an English poet, writer and journalist, who remains best known for her patriotic motivational poems published during World War I. <a href="http://www.poemhunter.com/wilfred-owen/">Wilfred Owen</a. directed his poem Dulce et Decorum Est at Pope, whose literary reputation has faded into relative obscurity as the works of war poets such as Owen and <a href="http://www. <a href="/jessie-pope/biography/" title="Jessie Pope Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/socks-12/" title="Socks">Socks</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-knitting-song/" title="The Knitting Song">The Knitting Song</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-lads-of-the-maple-leaf/" title="The Lads Of The Maple Leaf">The Lads Of The Maple Leaf</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-nut-s-birthday/" title="The Nut’s Birthday">The Nut’s Birthday</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/war-girls/" title="War Girls">War Girls</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/jessie-pope/poems/" title="See all poems by Jessie Pope">See all poems by Jessie Pope</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/60/6660_b_2145.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/spike-milligan/" title="Spike Milligan"> <span> Spike Milligan <span class="phCounter">(51 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">16 April 1918 – 27 February 2002 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Terence Alan "Spike" Milligan was a British-Irish comedian, writer, musician, poet, and actor, born on April 16, 1918, in Ahmednagar, India. He is best known for his work on the groundbreaking radio comedy series "The Goon Show," as well as his own anarchic brand of humor in a wide variety of media. <a href="/spike-milligan/biography/" title="Spike Milligan Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/summer-dawn/" title="Summer Dawn">Summer Dawn</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/values-67/" title="Values '67">Values '67</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/have-a-nice-day/" title="Have A Nice Day">Have A Nice Day</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/when-i-suspected/" title="When I Suspected">When I Suspected</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/teeth/" title="Teeth">Teeth</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/spike-milligan/poems/" title="See all poems by Spike Milligan">See all poems by Spike Milligan</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/32/1510732_b_9108.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/kamala-das/" title="Kamala Das"> <span> Kamala Das <span class="phCounter">(22 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">31 March 1934 – 31 May 2009 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Kamala Surayya / Suraiyya formerly known as <b> Kamala Das <b>, (also known as Kamala Madhavikutty, pen name was Madhavikutty) was a major Indian English poet and littérateur and at the same time a leading Malayalam author from Kerala, India. Her popularity in Kerala is based chiefly on her short stories and autobiography, while her oeuvre in English, written under the name Kamala Das, is noted for the fiery poems and explicit autobiography. <a href="/kamala-das/biography/" title="Kamala Das Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-dance-of-the-eunuchs/" title="The Dance Of The Eunuchs">The Dance Of The Eunuchs</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-maggots/" title="The Maggots">The Maggots</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-stone-age-2/" title="The Stone Age">The Stone Age</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-looking-glass-11/" title="The Looking Glass">The Looking Glass</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-rain-136/" title="The Rain">The Rain</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/kamala-das/poems/" title="See all poems by Kamala Das">See all poems by Kamala Das</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/09/3109_b_2688.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/rudyard-kipling/" title="Rudyard Kipling"> <span> Rudyard Kipling <span class="phCounter">(546 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> an English poet, short-story writer, and novelist chiefly remembered for his celebration of British imperialism, tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for children. Kipling received the 1907 Nobel Prize for Literature. He was born in Bombay, in the Bombay Presidency of British India, and was taken by his family to England when he was five years old. <a href="/rudyard-kipling/biography/" title="Rudyard Kipling Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/quiquern/" title="Quiquern">Quiquern</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-first-chantey/" title="The First Chantey">The First Chantey</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-wishing-caps/" title="The Wishing-Caps">The Wishing-Caps</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-ship-that-found-herself/" title="The Ship That Found Herself">The Ship That Found Herself</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-widow-at-windsor/" title="The Widow At Windsor">The Widow At Windsor</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/rudyard-kipling/poems/" title="See all poems by Rudyard Kipling">See all poems by Rudyard Kipling</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/96/3096_b_1316.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/christina-georgina-rossetti/" title="Christina Georgina Rossetti"> <span> Christina Georgina Rossetti <span class="phCounter">(320 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">5 December 1830 – 29 December 1894 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Christina Georgina Rossetti was an English writer of romantic, devotional and children's poems, including "Goblin Market" and "Remember". Christina Rossetti was born on 5 December 1830 in London. In the 1840s, Rossetti's family faced financial troubles due to a deterioration in her father's physical and mental health. <a href="/christina-georgina-rossetti/biography/" title="Christina Georgina Rossetti Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/cobwebs-2/" title="Cobwebs">Cobwebs</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-convent-threshold/" title="The Convent Threshold">The Convent Threshold</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/sappho/" title="Sappho">Sappho</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/who-has-seen-the-wind/" title="Who Has Seen The Wind?">Who Has Seen The Wind?</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/no-thank-you-john/" title="No, Thank You John">No, Thank You John</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/christina-georgina-rossetti/poems/" title="See all poems by Christina Georgina Rossetti">See all poems by Christina Georgina Rossetti</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/14/13814_b_4134.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/nikki-giovanni/" title="Nikki Giovanni"> <span> Nikki Giovanni <span class="phCounter">(43 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">June 7, 1943 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> an American poet, writer, commentator, activist, and educator. Her primary focus is on the individual and the power one has to make a difference in oneself and in the lives of others. Giovanni’s poetry expresses strong racial pride, respect for family, and her own experiences as a daughter, a civil rights activist, and a mother. <a href="/nikki-giovanni/biography/" title="Nikki Giovanni Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/knoxville-tennessee/" title="Knoxville Tennessee">Knoxville Tennessee</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/balances/" title="Balances">Balances</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/love-is-46/" title="Love Is">Love Is</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/nikki-rosa/" title="Nikki-Rosa">Nikki-Rosa</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/kidnap-poem-3/" title="Kidnap Poem">Kidnap Poem</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/nikki-giovanni/poems/" title="See all poems by Nikki Giovanni">See all poems by Nikki Giovanni</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/36/6636_b_4514.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/sarojini-naidu/" title="Sarojini Naidu"> <span> Sarojini Naidu <span class="phCounter">(51 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">13 February 1879 - 2 March 1949 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Sarojini Naidu was an Indian political activist and poet. She became an important figure in India and and in the entire world as a woman activist. Sarojini Naidu was born in Hyderabad State on 13 February 1879. In 1898, she married Govindaraju Naidu, a physician. They had five children. In 1904, Naidu started to become famous, defending Indian independence and women’s rights. <a href="/sarojini-naidu/biography/" title="Sarojini Naidu Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-poet-to-death/" title="The Poet To Death">The Poet To Death</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/ode-to-h-h-the-nizam-of-hyderabad/" title="Ode To H.H. The Nizam Of Hyderabad">Ode To H.H. The Nizam Of Hyderabad</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/alabaster/" title="Alabaster">Alabaster</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/coromandel-fishers/" title="Coromandel Fishers">Coromandel Fishers</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/corn-grinders/" title="Corn Grinders">Corn Grinders</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/sarojini-naidu/poems/" title="See all poems by Sarojini Naidu">See all poems by Sarojini Naidu</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/87/6787_b_8306.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/simon-armitage/" title="Simon Armitage"> <span> Simon Armitage <span class="phCounter">(11 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">26 May 1963 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Simon Armitage is a British poet, playwright, novelist, and translator born on May 26, 1963, in West Yorkshire, England. He is known for his accessible and often humorous poetry, which often explores themes of nature, social issues, and personal experience. Armitage studied at Portsmouth University and later at Manchester University, where he received a Master's degree in creative writing. <a href="/simon-armitage/biography/" title="Simon Armitage Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-jay/" title="The Jay">The Jay</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/about-his-person/" title="About His Person">About His Person</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/cataract-operation/" title="Cataract Operation">Cataract Operation</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-tyre/" title="The Tyre">The Tyre</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-golden-toddy/" title="The Golden Toddy">The Golden Toddy</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/simon-armitage/poems/" title="See all poems by Simon Armitage">See all poems by Simon Armitage</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/01/194201_b_4724.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/anne-sexton/" title="Anne Sexton"> <span> Anne Sexton <span class="phCounter">(187 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">9 November 1928 – 4 October 1974 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> an American poet, known for her highly personal, confessional verse. She won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1967. Themes of her poetry include her suicidal tendencies, long battle against depression and various intimate details from her private life, including her relationships with her husband and children. <a href="/anne-sexton/biography/" title="Anne Sexton Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-black-art/" title="The Black Art">The Black Art</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-kiss-8/" title="The Kiss">The Kiss</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/after-auschwitz/" title="After Auschwitz">After Auschwitz</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/her-kind/" title="Her Kind">Her Kind</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-truth-the-dead-know/" title="The Truth The Dead Know">The Truth The Dead Know</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/anne-sexton/poems/" title="See all poems by Anne Sexton">See all poems by Anne Sexton</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/32/6832_b_2358.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/charles-bukowski/" title="Charles Bukowski"> <span> Charles Bukowski <span class="phCounter">(151 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">16 August 1920 – 9 March 1994 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Charles Bukowski was an American writer and poet, born on August 16, 1920, in Andernach, Germany. He is known for his gritty, uncompromising style and his portrayal of the harsh realities of life for working-class Americans. Bukowski's family immigrated to the United States when he was a child, and he grew up in poverty in Los Angeles. <a href="/charles-bukowski/biography/" title="Charles Bukowski Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/trashcan-lives/" title="Trashcan Lives">Trashcan Lives</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-retreat/" title="The Retreat">The Retreat</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/rhyming-poem/" title="Rhyming Poem">Rhyming Poem</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/these-things/" title="These Things">These Things</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/what-a-writer/" title="What A Writer">What A Writer</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/charles-bukowski/poems/" title="See all poems by Charles Bukowski">See all poems by Charles Bukowski</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/68/1065468_b_9188.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/dorothea-mackellar/" title="Dorothea Mackellar"> <span> Dorothea Mackellar <span class="phCounter">(12 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">1 July 1885 – 14 January 1968 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Isobel Marion Dorothea Mackellar was an Australian poet and fiction writer. <b>Life and Works</b> The only daughter of noted physician and parliamentarian Sir Charles Mackellar, she was born in Sydney in 1885. Although raised in a professional urban family, Mackellar's poetry is usually regarded as quintessential bush poetry, inspired by her experience on her brothers' farms near Gunnedah, North-West New South Wales. <a href="/dorothea-mackellar/biography/" title="Dorothea Mackellar Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/an-old-song-5/" title="An Old Song">An Old Song</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/australia-s-men/" title="Australia's Men">Australia's Men</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/burning-off-2/" title="Burning Off">Burning Off</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/colour-14/" title="Colour">Colour</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/dawn-102/" title="Dawn">Dawn</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/dorothea-mackellar/poems/" title="See all poems by Dorothea Mackellar">See all poems by Dorothea Mackellar</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/24/9224_b_2966.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/matsuo-basho/" title="Matsuo Basho"> <span> Matsuo Basho <span class="phCounter">(114 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">1644 - 1694 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Bashō was born Matsuo Kinsaku around 1644, somewhere near Ueno in Iga Province. His father may have been a low-ranking samurai, which would have promised Bashō a career in the military but not much chance of a notable life. It was traditionally claimed by biographers that he worked in the kitchens. <a href="/matsuo-basho/biography/" title="Matsuo Basho Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/first-snow/" title="First Snow">First Snow</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/moonlight-slanting/" title="Moonlight Slanting">Moonlight Slanting</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-morning-glory-also/" title="The Morning Glory Also">The Morning Glory Also</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/awake-at-night/" title="Awake At Night">Awake At Night</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/staying-at-an-inn/" title="Staying At An Inn">Staying At An Inn</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/matsuo-basho/poems/" title="See all poems by Matsuo Basho">See all poems by Matsuo Basho</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/58/6658_b_4920.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/carl-sandburg/" title="Carl Sandburg"> <span> Carl Sandburg <span class="phCounter">(457 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">6 January 1878 – 22 July 1967 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Carl Sandburg was an American writer and editor, best known for his poetry. He won three Pulitzer Prizes, two for his poetry and another for a biography of <a href="http://www.poemhunter.com/abraham-lincoln/">Abraham Lincoln</a>. H. L. Mencken called Carl Sandburg "indubitably an American in every pulse-beat. <a href="/carl-sandburg/biography/" title="Carl Sandburg Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/moonset-5/" title="Moonset">Moonset</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/circles-of-doors/" title="Circles Of Doors">Circles Of Doors</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/slants-at-buffalo-new-york/" title="Slants At Buffalo, New York">Slants At Buffalo, New York</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/washerwoman/" title="Washerwoman">Washerwoman</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/pods/" title="Pods">Pods</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/carl-sandburg/poems/" title="See all poems by Carl Sandburg">See all poems by Carl Sandburg</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/84/3084_b_4199.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/henry-lawson/" title="Henry Lawson"> <span> Henry Lawson <span class="phCounter">(501 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">17 June 1867 – 2 September 1922 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Henry Lawson was an Australian writer and poet. Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the best-known Australian poets and fiction writers of the colonial period and is often called Australia's "greatest writer". He was the son of the poet, publisher and feminist <a href="http://www. <a href="/henry-lawson/biography/" title="Henry Lawson Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/a-new-john-bull/" title="A New John Bull">A New John Bull</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/a-slight-misunderstanding-at-the-jasper-gate/" title="A Slight Misunderstanding At The Jasper Gate">A Slight Misunderstanding At The Jasper Gate</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/a-study-in-the-nood/" title="A Study In The 'Nood'">A Study In The 'Nood'</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/a-voice-from-the-city/" title="A Voice From The City">A Voice From The City</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/a-word-from-the-bards/" title="A Word From The Bards">A Word From The Bards</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/henry-lawson/poems/" title="See all poems by Henry Lawson">See all poems by Henry Lawson</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/85/3085_b_304.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/" title="Henry Wadsworth Longfellow"> <span> Henry Wadsworth Longfellow <span class="phCounter">(529 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">27 February 1807 – 24 March 1882 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Henry Wadsworth was an American poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline. He was also the first American to translate Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy and was one of the five Fireside Poets. Longfellow was born in Portland, Maine, then part of Massachusetts, and studied at Bowdoin College. <a href="/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/biography/" title="Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-galaxy/" title="The Galaxy">The Galaxy</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-goblet-of-life/" title="The Goblet Of Life">The Goblet Of Life</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-golden-legend-ii-a-farm-in-the-odenwald/" title="The Golden Legend: Ii. A Farm In The Odenwald">The Golden Legend: Ii. A Farm In The Odenwald</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-golden-legend-iii-a-street-in-strasburg/" title="The Golden Legend: Iii. A Street In Strasburg">The Golden Legend: Iii. A Street In Strasburg</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-golden-legend-iv-the-road-to-hirschau/" title="The Golden Legend: Iv. The Road To Hirschau">The Golden Legend: Iv. The Road To Hirschau</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/poems/" title="See all poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow">See all poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/57/3157_b_5952.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/mary-elizabeth-frye/" title="Mary Elizabeth Frye"> <span> Mary Elizabeth Frye <span class="phCounter">(1 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">13 November, 1905 - 15 September 2004 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> a Baltimore housewife and florist, best known as the author of the poem "Do not stand at my grave and weep," written in 1932. She was born Mary Elizabeth Clark, and was orphaned at the age of three. In 1927 she married Claud Frye. The identity of the author of the poem was unknown until the late 1990s, when Frye revealed that she had written it. <a href="/mary-elizabeth-frye/biography/" title="Mary Elizabeth Frye Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/do-not-stand-at-my-grave-and-weep/" title="Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep">Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/mary-elizabeth-frye/poems/" title="See all poems by Mary Elizabeth Frye">See all poems by Mary Elizabeth Frye</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/48/3148_b_3153.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/paul-laurence-dunbar/" title="Paul Laurence Dunbar"> <span> Paul Laurence Dunbar <span class="phCounter">(424 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">1872-1906 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Dunbar was born in Dayton, Ohio to parents who had escaped from slavery; his father was a veteran of the American Civil War, having served in the 55th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment and the 5th Massachusetts Colored Cavalry Regiment. His parents instilled in him a love of learning and history. He was a student at an all-white high school, Dayton Central High School, and he participated actively as a student. <a href="/paul-laurence-dunbar/biography/" title="Paul Laurence Dunbar Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/ships-that-pass-in-the-night/" title="Ships That Pass In The Night">Ships That Pass In The Night</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/to-dan/" title="To Dan">To Dan</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/theology-2/" title="Theology">Theology</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/accountability/" title="Accountability">Accountability</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/encouragement/" title="Encouragement">Encouragement</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/paul-laurence-dunbar/poems/" title="See all poems by Paul Laurence Dunbar">See all poems by Paul Laurence Dunbar</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/42/6642_b_4634.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/sylvia-plath/" title="Sylvia Plath"> <span> Sylvia Plath <span class="phCounter">(250 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">October 27, 1932 – February 11, 1963 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Born in 1932 to middle class parents in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, Sylvia Plath published her first poem at the age of eight. A sensitive person who tended to be a bit of a perfectionist she was what many would consider a model daughter and student - popular, a straight A student, always winning the best prizes. <a href="/sylvia-plath/biography/" title="Sylvia Plath Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/perseus-2/" title="Perseus">Perseus</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/jilted/" title="Jilted">Jilted</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/polly-s-tree/" title="Polly's Tree">Polly's Tree</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/sheep-in-fog/" title="Sheep In Fog">Sheep In Fog</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/balloons/" title="Balloons">Balloons</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/sylvia-plath/poems/" title="See all poems by Sylvia Plath">See all poems by Sylvia Plath</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/96/11196_b_6474.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/alice-walker/" title="Alice Walker"> <span> Alice Walker <span class="phCounter">(27 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">9 February 1944 - </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Walker was born in Eatonton, Georgia, the youngest of eight children, to Willie Lee Walker and Minnie Lou Tallulah Grant. Her father, who was, in her words, "wonderful at math but a terrible farmer," earned only $300 a year from sharecropping and dairy farming. Her mother supplemented the family income by working as a maid. <a href="/alice-walker/biography/" title="Alice Walker Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/going-out-to-the-garden/" title="Going Out To The Garden">Going Out To The Garden</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/desire-175/" title="Desire">Desire</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/to-change-the-world-enough/" title="To Change The World Enough">To Change The World Enough</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/our-martyr/" title="Our Martyr">Our Martyr</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/word-reaches-us/" title="Word Reaches Us">Word Reaches Us</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/alice-walker/poems/" title="See all poems by Alice Walker">See all poems by Alice Walker</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/23/6723_b_6423.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/brian-patten/" title="Brian Patten"> <span> Brian Patten <span class="phCounter">(23 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">7 February 1946 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Born near Liverpool's docks, he attended Sefton Park School in the Smithdown Road area of Liverpool, where he was noted for his essays and greatly encouraged in his work by Harry Sutcliffe his form teacher. He left school at fifteen and began work for The Bootle Times writing a column on popular music. <a href="/brian-patten/biography/" title="Brian Patten Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/simple-lyric/" title="Simple Lyric">Simple Lyric</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-innocence-of-any-flesh-sleeping/" title="The Innocence Of Any Flesh Sleeping">The Innocence Of Any Flesh Sleeping</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/party-piece/" title="Party Piece">Party Piece</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/gust-becos-i-cud-not-spel/" title="Gust Becos I Cud Not Spel">Gust Becos I Cud Not Spel</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/minister-for-exams/" title="Minister For Exams">Minister For Exams</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/brian-patten/poems/" title="See all poems by Brian Patten">See all poems by Brian Patten</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/87/6587_b_8520.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/claude-mckay/" title="Claude McKay"> <span> Claude McKay <span class="phCounter">(80 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">15 September 1889 – 22 May 1948 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Claude McKay was a Jamaican-American writer and poet. He was a seminal figure in the Harlem Renaissance and wrote three novels: Home to Harlem (1928), a best-seller which won the Harmon Gold Award for Literature, Banjo (1929), and Banana Bottom (1933). McKay also authored a collection of short stories, Gingertown (1932), and two autobiographical books, A Long Way from Home (1937) and Harlem: Negro Metropolis (1940). <a href="/claude-mckay/biography/" title="Claude McKay Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/to-a-poet/" title="To A Poet">To A Poet</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/spring-in-new-hampshire/" title="Spring In New Hampshire">Spring In New Hampshire</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/flame-heart/" title="Flame-Heart">Flame-Heart</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/white-houses/" title="White Houses">White Houses</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/summer-morn-in-new-hampshire/" title="Summer Morn In New Hampshire">Summer Morn In New Hampshire</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/claude-mckay/poems/" title="See all poems by Claude McKay">See all poems by Claude McKay</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/64/36764_b_7558.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/mewlana-jalaluddin-rumi/" title="Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi"> <span> Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi <span class="phCounter">(149 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">1207 - 1273 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Balkhī (Persian: جلال‌الدین محمد بلخى‎), also known as Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī (جلال‌الدین محمد رومی), and more popularly in the English-speaking world simply as Rumi (30 September 1207 – 17 December 1273), was a 13th-century Persian poet, jurist, theologian, and Sufi mystic. <a href="/mewlana-jalaluddin-rumi/biography/" title="Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/bring-wine/" title="Bring Wine">Bring Wine</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/laila-and-the-khalifa/" title="Laila And The Khalifa.">Laila And The Khalifa.</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/if-i-weep/" title="If I Weep">If I Weep</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/rise-lovers/" title="Rise, Lovers">Rise, Lovers</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-ravings-which-my-enemy-uttered-i-heard-withi/" title="The Ravings Which My Enemy Uttered I Heard Within My Heart">The Ravings Which My Enemy Uttered I Heard Within My Heart</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/mewlana-jalaluddin-rumi/poems/" title="See all poems by Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi">See all poems by Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/45/3045_b_4560.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/lewis-carroll/" title="Lewis Carroll"> <span> Lewis Carroll <span class="phCounter">(80 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Charles Lutwidge Dodgson better known by the pseudonym Lewis Carroll, was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer. His most famous writings are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass, as well as the poems "The Hunting of the Snark" and "Jabberwocky", all examples of the genre of literary nonsense. <a href="/lewis-carroll/biography/" title="Lewis Carroll Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/a-nursery-darling/" title="A Nursery Darling">A Nursery Darling</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/fame-s-penny-trumpet/" title="Fame's Penny-Trumpet">Fame's Penny-Trumpet</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-knight-s-song/" title="The Knight's Song">The Knight's Song</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/four-riddles/" title="Four Riddles">Four Riddles</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/phantasmagoria-canto-i-the-trystyng/" title="Phantasmagoria Canto I (The Trystyng )">Phantasmagoria Canto I (The Trystyng )</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/lewis-carroll/poems/" title="See all poems by Lewis Carroll">See all poems by Lewis Carroll</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/55/6655_b_6507.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/dylan-thomas/" title="Dylan Thomas"> <span> Dylan Thomas <span class="phCounter">(100 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">27 October 1914 – 9 November 1953 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Dylan Marlais Thomas was a Welsh poet and writer who wrote exclusively in English. In addition to poetry, he wrote short stories and scripts for film and radio, which he often performed himself. His public readings, particularly in America, won him great acclaim; his sonorous voice with a subtle Welsh lilt became almost as famous as his works. <a href="/dylan-thomas/biography/" title="Dylan Thomas Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/incarnate-devil/" title="Incarnate Devil">Incarnate Devil</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/foster-the-light/" title="Foster The Light">Foster The Light</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/from-love-s-first-fever-to-her-plague/" title="From Love's First Fever To Her Plague">From Love's First Fever To Her Plague</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/i-see-the-boys-of-summer/" title="I See The Boys Of Summer">I See The Boys Of Summer</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/clown-in-the-moon/" title="Clown In The Moon">Clown In The Moon</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/dylan-thomas/poems/" title="See all poems by Dylan Thomas">See all poems by Dylan Thomas</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/98/23198_b_4057.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/jack-kerouac/" title="Jack Kerouac"> <span> Jack Kerouac <span class="phCounter">(27 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">12 March 1922 - 21 October 1969 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Jean-Louis "Jack" Kerouac was an American novelist and poet. He is considered a literary iconoclast and, alongside <a href="http://www.poemhunter.com/william-burroughs/">William S. Burroughs</a> and <a href="http://www.poemhunter.com/allen-ginsberg/">Allen Ginsberg</a>, a pioneer of the Beat Generation. <a href="/jack-kerouac/biography/" title="Jack Kerouac Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/149th-chorus/" title="149th Chorus">149th Chorus</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/bus-east/" title="Bus East">Bus East</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/211th-chorus/" title="211th Chorus">211th Chorus</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/1st-chorus-mexico-city-blues/" title="1st Chorus Mexico City Blues">1st Chorus Mexico City Blues</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/2nd-chorus-mexico-city-blues/" title="2nd Chorus Mexico City Blues">2nd Chorus Mexico City Blues</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/jack-kerouac/poems/" title="See all poems by Jack Kerouac">See all poems by Jack Kerouac</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/80/6680_b_9083.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/margaret-atwood/" title="Margaret Atwood"> <span> Margaret Atwood <span class="phCounter">(30 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">18 November 1939 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, and environmental activist. She is among the most-honoured authors of fiction in recent history; she is a winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award and Prince of Asturias award for Literature, has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize five times, winning once, and has been a finalist for the Governor General's Award seven times, winning twice. <a href="/margaret-atwood/biography/" title="Margaret Atwood Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-rest/" title="The Rest">The Rest</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/flying-inside-your-own-body/" title="Flying Inside Your Own Body">Flying Inside Your Own Body</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/more-and-more/" title="More And More">More And More</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-shadow-voice/" title="The Shadow Voice">The Shadow Voice</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/backdropp-addresses-cowboy/" title="Backdropp Addresses Cowboy">Backdropp Addresses Cowboy</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/margaret-atwood/poems/" title="See all poems by Margaret Atwood">See all poems by Margaret Atwood</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/70/33670_b_2713.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/alfred-lord-tennyson/" title="Alfred Lord Tennyson"> <span> Alfred Lord Tennyson <span class="phCounter">(193 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, FRS was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom during much of Queen Victoria's reign and remains one of the most popular poets in the English language. Tennyson excelled at penning short lyrics, such as "In the Valley of Cauteretz", "Break, Break, Break", "The Charge of the Light Brigade", "Tears, Idle Tears" and "Crossing the Bar". <a href="/alfred-lord-tennyson/biography/" title="Alfred Lord Tennyson Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/come-into-the-garden-maud/" title="Come Into The Garden, Maud">Come Into The Garden, Maud</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-blackbird-11/" title="The Blackbird">The Blackbird</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-may-queen-2/" title="The May Queen">The May Queen</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/i-send-you-here-a-sort-of-allegory/" title="I Send You Here A Sort Of Allegory">I Send You Here A Sort Of Allegory</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/epitaph-on-general-gordon/" title="Epitaph on General Gordon">Epitaph on General Gordon</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/alfred-lord-tennyson/poems/" title="See all poems by Alfred Lord Tennyson">See all poems by Alfred Lord Tennyson</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/21/8221_b_5640.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/billy-collins/" title="Billy Collins"> <span> Billy Collins <span class="phCounter">(52 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">22 March 1941 - </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> (born William James Collins) is an American poet, appointed as Poet Laureate of the United States from 2001 to 2003. He is a Distinguished Professor at Lehman College of the City University of New York and is the Senior Distinguished Fellow of the Winter Park Institute, Florida. Collins was recognized as a Literary Lion of the New York Public Library (1992) and selected as the New York State Poet for 2004-2006. <a href="/billy-collins/biography/" title="Billy Collins Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/for-bartleby-the-scrivener/" title="For Bartleby The Scrivener">For Bartleby The Scrivener</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/i-ask-you/" title="I Ask You">I Ask You</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/madmen/" title="Madmen">Madmen</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/pinup/" title="Pinup">Pinup</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/reading-an-anthology-of-chinese-poems-of-the-sun/" title="Reading An Anthology Of Chinese Poems Of The Sung Dynasty, I Pause To Admire The Length And Clarity Of Their Titles">Reading An Anthology Of Chinese Poems Of The Sung Dynasty, I Pause To Admire The Length And Clarity Of Their Titles</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/billy-collins/poems/" title="See all poems by Billy Collins">See all poems by Billy Collins</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/16/6616_b_3378.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/ted-hughes/" title="Ted Hughes"> <span> Ted Hughes <span class="phCounter">(29 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">1930 - 1998 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Ted Hughes is consistently described as one of the twentieth century’s greatest English poets. Born August 17th, 1930 in Mytholmroyd, Yorkshire, his family moved to Mexborough when he was seven to run a newspaper and tobacco shop. He attended Mexborough grammar school, and wrote his first poems from the age of fifteen, some of which made their way into the school magazine. <a href="/ted-hughes/biography/" title="Ted Hughes Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-harvest-moon/" title="The Harvest Moon">The Harvest Moon</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/daffodils-2/" title="Daffodils">Daffodils</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-seven-sorrows/" title="The Seven Sorrows">The Seven Sorrows</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/relic/" title="Relic">Relic</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/full-moon-and-little-frieda/" title="Full Moon And Little Frieda">Full Moon And Little Frieda</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/ted-hughes/poems/" title="See all poems by Ted Hughes">See all poems by Ted Hughes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/72/6672_b_4952.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/siegfried-sassoon/" title="Siegfried Sassoon"> <span> Siegfried Sassoon <span class="phCounter">(166 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">1886 - 1967 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Siegfried Sassoon was perhaps the most innocent of the war poets. John Hildebidle has called Sassoon the "accidental hero." Born into a wealthy Jewish family in 1886, Sassoon lived the pastoral life of a young squire: fox-hunting, playing cricket, golfing and writing romantic verses. Being an innocent, Sassoon's reaction to the realities of the war were all the more bitter and violent -- both his reaction through his poetry and his reaction on the battlefield (where, after the death of fell.. <a href="/siegfried-sassoon/biography/" title="Siegfried Sassoon Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-hawthorn-tree/" title="The Hawthorn Tree">The Hawthorn Tree</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-general/" title="The General">The General</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/concert-party/" title="Concert Party">Concert Party</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/i-stood-with-the-dead/" title="I Stood With The Dead">I Stood With The Dead</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/bombardment/" title="Bombardment">Bombardment</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/siegfried-sassoon/poems/" title="See all poems by Siegfried Sassoon">See all poems by Siegfried Sassoon</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/57/3057_b_6826.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/william-butler-yeats/" title="William Butler Yeats"> <span> William Butler Yeats <span class="phCounter">(399 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">13 June 1865 – 28 January 1939 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet and playwright, and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature. A pillar of both the Irish and British literary establishments, in his later years he served as an Irish Senator for two terms. Yeats was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival and, along with Lady Gregory, Edward Martyn, and others, founded the Abbey Theatre, where he served as its chief during its early years. <a href="/william-butler-yeats/biography/" title="William Butler Yeats Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/on-a-picture-of-a-black-centaur-by-edmund-dulac/" title="On A Picture Of A Black Centaur By Edmund Dulac">On A Picture Of A Black Centaur By Edmund Dulac</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/a-woman-homer-sung/" title="A Woman Homer Sung">A Woman Homer Sung</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-rose-of-peace/" title="The Rose Of Peace">The Rose Of Peace</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-ballad-of-the-foxhunter/" title="The Ballad Of The Foxhunter">The Ballad Of The Foxhunter</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/crazy-jane-talks-with-the-bishop/" title="Crazy Jane Talks With The Bishop">Crazy Jane Talks With The Bishop</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/william-butler-yeats/poems/" title="See all poems by William Butler Yeats">See all poems by William Butler Yeats</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/91/3091_b_3458.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/john-milton/" title="John Milton"> <span> John Milton <span class="phCounter">(115 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> John Milton was an English poet, polemicist, a scholarly man of letters, and a civil servant for the Commonwealth (republic) of England under Oliver Cromwell. He wrote at a time of religious flux and political upheaval, and is best known for his epic poem Paradise Lost. Milton's poetry and prose reflect deep personal convictions, a passion for freedom and self determination, and the urgent issues and political turbulence of his day. <a href="/john-milton/biography/" title="John Milton Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/to-my-lord-fairfax/" title="To My Lord Fairfax">To My Lord Fairfax</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/paradise-lost-book-02/" title="Paradise Lost: Book 02">Paradise Lost: Book 02</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/on-the-death-of-a-fair-infant-dying-of-a-cough/" title="On The Death Of A Fair Infant Dying Of A Cough">On The Death Of A Fair Infant Dying Of A Cough</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/to-the-same-2/" title="To The Same">To The Same</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/paradise-regained-the-first-book/" title="Paradise Regained: The First Book">Paradise Regained: The First Book</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/john-milton/poems/" title="See all poems by John Milton">See all poems by John Milton</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/49/38549_b_3716.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/kahlil-gibran/" title="Kahlil Gibran"> <span> Kahlil Gibran <span class="phCounter">(81 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">January 6, 1883 – April 10, 1931 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Kahlil Gibran was a Lebanese-American writer, artist, and philosopher born on January 6, 1883, in Bsharri, Lebanon. He is best known for his book "The Prophet," a collection of poetic essays that has become a classic of spiritual literature and has been translated into over 50 languages. Gibran's family emigrated to the United States in 1895, and he settled in Boston, where he attended art school and began his career as an artist and writer. <a href="/kahlil-gibran/biography/" title="Kahlil Gibran Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-city-of-the-dead-xx/" title="The City Of The Dead Xx">The City Of The Dead Xx</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/reason-and-passion-xv/" title="Reason And Passion Xv">Reason And Passion Xv</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/time-xxi/" title="Time Xxi">Time Xxi</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/two-infants-ii/" title="Two Infants Ii">Two Infants Ii</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/talking-xx/" title="Talking Xx">Talking Xx</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/kahlil-gibran/poems/" title="See all poems by Kahlil Gibran">See all poems by Kahlil Gibran</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/35/175535_b_2670.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/jacques-prevert/" title="Jacques Prevert"> <span> Jacques Prevert <span class="phCounter">(29 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">4 February 1900 – 11 April 1977 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Jacques Prévert was a French poet and screenwriter. His poems became and remain very popular in the French-speaking world, particularly in schools. Some of the movies he wrote are extremely well regarded, with Les Enfants du Paradis considered one of the greatest films of all time. <b>Life and Education</b> Prévert was born at Neuilly-sur-Seine and grew up in Paris. <a href="/jacques-prevert/biography/" title="Jacques Prevert Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/le-d-sespoir-est-assis-sur-un-banc/" title="Le Désespoir Est Assis Sur Un Banc">Le Désespoir Est Assis Sur Un Banc</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/le-cheval-rouge/" title="Le Cheval Rouge">Le Cheval Rouge</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/l-automne/" title="L'Automne">L'Automne</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/dimanche/" title="Dimanche">Dimanche</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/pour-faire-le-portrait-d-un-oiseau/" title="Pour Faire Le Portrait D'Un Oiseau">Pour Faire Le Portrait D'Un Oiseau</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/jacques-prevert/poems/" title="See all poems by Jacques Prevert">See all poems by Jacques Prevert</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/71/6771_b_7831.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/mary-oliver/" title="Mary Oliver"> <span> Mary Oliver <span class="phCounter">(92 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo"> </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Mary Oliver (born September 10, 1935) is an American poet who has won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. The New York Times described her as "far and away, [America's] best-selling poet". Mary Oliver was born to Edward William and Helen M. V. Oliver on September 10, 1935, in Maple Heights, Ohio, a semi-rural suburb of Cleveland. <a href="/mary-oliver/biography/" title="Mary Oliver Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-journey/" title="The Journey">The Journey</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-swan/" title="The Swan">The Swan</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/on-winter-s-margin/" title="On Winter's Margin">On Winter's Margin</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/blossom/" title="Blossom">Blossom</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/lightning/" title="Lightning">Lightning</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/mary-oliver/poems/" title="See all poems by Mary Oliver">See all poems by Mary Oliver</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/99/6999_b_5070. Vincent Millay.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/edna-st-vincent-millay/" title="Edna St. Vincent Millay"> <span> Edna St. Vincent Millay <span class="phCounter">(169 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">22 February 1892 – 19 October 1950 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Edna St. Vincent Millay was an American lyrical poet, playwright and feminist. She received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, and was known for her activism and her many love affairs. She used the pseudonym Nancy Boyd for her prose work. <b>Early Life</b> Millay was born in Rockland, Maine to Cora Lounella, a nurse, and Henry Tollman Millay, a schoolteacher who would later become superintendent of schools. <a href="/edna-st-vincent-millay/biography/" title="Edna St. Vincent Millay Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-leaf-and-the-tree/" title="The Leaf And The Tree">The Leaf And The Tree</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/kin-to-sorrow/" title="Kin To Sorrow">Kin To Sorrow</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/lines-written-in-recapitulation/" title="Lines Written In Recapitulation">Lines Written In Recapitulation</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-betrothal/" title="The Betrothal">The Betrothal</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/city-trees/" title="City Trees">City Trees</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/edna-st-vincent-millay/poems/" title="See all poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay">See all poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/01/3101_b_3566.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/robert-louis-stevenson/" title="Robert Louis Stevenson"> <span> Robert Louis Stevenson <span class="phCounter">(239 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">1850-1894 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Robert Louis Stevenson was born November 13, 1850 in Edinburgh, Scotland, the only son of respectable middle-class parents. Throughout his childhood, he suffered chronic health problems that confined him to bed. The strongest influence during his childhood was that of his nurse, Allison Cunnigham, who often read aloud Pilgrim's Progress and The Old Testament, his most direct literary influences during this time. <a href="/robert-louis-stevenson/biography/" title="Robert Louis Stevenson Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/to-auntie/" title="To Auntie">To Auntie</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/in-lupum/" title="In Lupum">In Lupum</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/for-richmond-s-garden-wall/" title="For Richmond's Garden Wall">For Richmond's Garden Wall</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/sonnet-i-6/" title="Sonnet I">Sonnet I</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/love-s-vicissitudes/" title="Love's Vicissitudes">Love's Vicissitudes</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/robert-louis-stevenson/poems/" title="See all poems by Robert Louis Stevenson">See all poems by Robert Louis Stevenson</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/44/6644_b_4415.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/sara-teasdale/" title="Sara Teasdale"> <span> Sara Teasdale <span class="phCounter">(316 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">August 8, 1884 – January 29, 1933 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Sara Trevor Teasdale was born on August 8, 1884 in St. Louis Missouri. She was the youngest child of Mary Elizabeth Willard and John Warren Teasdale. At the time of Sara's birth, Mary was 40, and John was 45. Teasdale had three other siblings. She had two brothers; George, who was the oldest child at 20, and John Warren Jr. <a href="/sara-teasdale/biography/" title="Sara Teasdale Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/snow-song/" title="Snow Song">Snow Song</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/love-me/" title="Love Me">Love Me</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/tonight/" title="Tonight">Tonight</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/deep-in-the-night/" title="Deep In The Night">Deep In The Night</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/i-know-the-stars/" title="I Know The Stars">I Know The Stars</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/sara-teasdale/poems/" title="See all poems by Sara Teasdale">See all poems by Sara Teasdale</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/11/3111_b_3330.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/thomas-hardy/" title="Thomas Hardy"> <span> Thomas Hardy <span class="phCounter">(326 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Thomas Hardy was born June 2, 1840, in the village of Upper Bockhampton, located in Southwestern England. His father was a stone mason and a violinist. His mother enjoyed reading and relating all the folk songs and legends of the region. Between his parents, Hardy gained all the interests that would appear in his novels and his own life: his love for architecture and music, his interest in the lifestyles of the country folk, and his passion for all sorts of literature. <a href="/thomas-hardy/biography/" title="Thomas Hardy Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/song-of-hope/" title="Song Of Hope">Song Of Hope</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-problem-2/" title="The Problem">The Problem</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/she-to-him-iv-2/" title="She, To Him, Iv">She, To Him, Iv</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-dream-follower/" title="The Dream-Follower">The Dream-Follower</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/tess-s-lament/" title="Tess's Lament">Tess's Lament</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/thomas-hardy/poems/" title="See all poems by Thomas Hardy">See all poems by Thomas Hardy</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/19/33619_b_2471.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/kabir/" title="Kabir"> <span> Kabir <span class="phCounter">(75 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">1440 - 1518 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Kabir (also Kabira) (Hindi: कबीर, Punjabi: ਕਬੀਰ, Urdu: کبير‎) was a mystic poet and saint of India, whose writings have greatly influenced the Bhakti movement. The name Kabir comes from Arabic al-Kabīr which means 'The Great' - the 37th name of God in Islam. Apart from having an important influence on Sikhism, Kabir's legacy is today carried forward by the Kabir Panth ("Path of Kabir"), a religious community that recognizes him as its founder and is one of the Sant Mat sects. <a href="/kabir/biography/" title="Kabir Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/where-do-you-search-me/" title="Where Do You Search Me">Where Do You Search Me</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/i-said-to-the-wanting-creature-inside-me/" title="I Said To The Wanting-Creature Inside Me">I Said To The Wanting-Creature Inside Me</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/tentacles-of-time/" title="Tentacles Of Time">Tentacles Of Time</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-last-flight/" title="The Last Flight">The Last Flight</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/there-s-a-moon-inside-my-body/" title="There's A Moon Inside My Body">There's A Moon Inside My Body</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/kabir/poems/" title="See all poems by Kabir">See all poems by Kabir</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/59/1388859_b_3760.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/kazi-nazrul-islam/" title="Kazi Nazrul Islam"> <span> Kazi Nazrul Islam <span class="phCounter">(265 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">24 May 1899 - 29 August 1976 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Kazi Nazrul Islam was a Bengali poet, musician and revolutionary who pioneered poetic works espousing intense spiritual rebellion against fascism and oppression. His poetry and nationalist activism earned him the popular title of Bidrohi Kobi (Rebel Poet). Accomplishing a large body of acclaimed works through his life, Nazrul is officially recognised as the national poet of Bangladesh and commemorated in India. <a href="/kazi-nazrul-islam/biography/" title="Kazi Nazrul Islam Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/come-silently-like-the-moon/" title="Come Silently Like The Moon">Come Silently Like The Moon</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/he-who-has-seen-my-mother/" title="He Who Has Seen My Mother">He Who Has Seen My Mother</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/syama-wakes-on-the-cremation-grounds/" title="Syama Wakes On The Cremation Grounds">Syama Wakes On The Cremation Grounds</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/talk-to-me-javas-talk-to-me/" title="Talk To Me, Javas, Talk To Me">Talk To Me, Javas, Talk To Me</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/mother-i-may-have-been-a-naughty-child/" title="Mother, I May Have Been A Naughty Child">Mother, I May Have Been A Naughty Child</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/kazi-nazrul-islam/poems/" title="See all poems by Kazi Nazrul Islam">See all poems by Kazi Nazrul Islam</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/28/3028_b_1933.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/anne-bradstreet/" title="Anne Bradstreet"> <span> Anne Bradstreet <span class="phCounter">(62 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">1612 – 16 September 1672 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Bradstreet was born Anne Dudley in Northampton, England, 1612. She was the daughter of Thomas Dudley, a steward of the Earl of Lincoln, and Dorothy Yorke. Due to her family's position she grew up in cultured circumstances and was a well-educated woman for her time, being tutored in history, several languages and literature. <a href="/anne-bradstreet/biography/" title="Anne Bradstreet Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/a-letter-to-her-husband/" title="A Letter To Her Husband">A Letter To Her Husband</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/another/" title="Another">Another</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/we-may-live-together/" title="We May Live Together">We May Live Together</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-vanity-of-all-worldly-things/" title="The Vanity Of All Worldly Things">The Vanity Of All Worldly Things</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/here-follows-some-verses-upon-the-burning-of-our/" title="Here Follows Some Verses Upon The Burning Of Our House">Here Follows Some Verses Upon The Burning Of Our House</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/anne-bradstreet/poems/" title="See all poems by Anne Bradstreet">See all poems by Anne Bradstreet</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/98/6598_b_813.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/john-clare/" title="John Clare"> <span> John Clare <span class="phCounter">(175 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">13 July 1793 – 20 May 1864 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> John Clare was an English poet, the son of a farm labourer, who came to be known for his celebratory representations of the English countryside and his lamentation of its disruption. His poetry underwent a major re-evaluation in the late 20th century and he is often now considered to be among the most important 19th-century poets. <a href="/john-clare/biography/" title="John Clare Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-shepherd-s-tree/" title="The Shepherd's Tree">The Shepherd's Tree</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-landrail/" title="The Landrail">The Landrail</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-dying-child/" title="The Dying Child">The Dying Child</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-thrush-s-nest/" title="The Thrush's Nest">The Thrush's Nest</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/to-john-clare/" title="To John Clare">To John Clare</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/john-clare/poems/" title="See all poems by John Clare">See all poems by John Clare</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/05/6705_b_1042.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/elizabeth-bishop/" title="Elizabeth Bishop"> <span> Elizabeth Bishop <span class="phCounter">(72 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">8 February 1911 – 6 October 1979 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Elizabeth Bishop was an American poet and short-story writer. She was the Poet Laureate of the United States from 1949 to 1950, a Pulitzer Prize winner in 1956 and a National Book Award Winner for Poetry in 1970. Elizabeth Bishop House is an artists' retreat in Great Village, Nova Scotia dedicated to her memory. <a href="/elizabeth-bishop/biography/" title="Elizabeth Bishop Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/little-exercise/" title="Little Exercise">Little Exercise</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/love-lies-sleeping/" title="Love Lies Sleeping">Love Lies Sleeping</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/strayed-crab/" title="Strayed Crab">Strayed Crab</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/argument/" title="Argument">Argument</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/rain-towards-morning/" title="Rain Towards Morning">Rain Towards Morning</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/elizabeth-bishop/poems/" title="See all poems by Elizabeth Bishop">See all poems by Elizabeth Bishop</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/27/34027_b_2393.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/judith-wright/" title="Judith Wright"> <span> Judith Wright <span class="phCounter">(32 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">1915 - 2000 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Judith Arundell Wright (31 May 1915 – 25 June 2000) was an Australian poet, environmentalist and campaigner for Aboriginal land rights. Judith Wright was born in Armidale, New South Wales. The eldest child of Phillip Wright and his first wife, Ethel, she spent most of her formative years in Brisbane and Sydney. <a href="/judith-wright/biography/" title="Judith Wright Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-old-prison/" title="The Old Prison">The Old Prison</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/all-things-conspire/" title="All Things Conspire">All Things Conspire</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/blue-arab/" title="Blue Arab">Blue Arab</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/bora-ring/" title="Bora Ring">Bora Ring</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/bullocky-2/" title="Bullocky">Bullocky</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/judith-wright/poems/" title="See all poems by Judith Wright">See all poems by Judith Wright</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="/assets/img/icon-user.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/anonymous/" title="Anonymous"> <span> Anonymous <span class="phCounter">(135 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo"> </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/edom-o-gordon-2/" title="Edom O'Gordon">Edom O'Gordon</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/when-flora-had-o-erfret-the-firth/" title="When Flora Had O'Erfret The Firth">When Flora Had O'Erfret The Firth</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/tam-lin/" title="Tam Lin">Tam Lin</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/as-ye-came-from-the-holy-land/" title="As Ye Came From The Holy Land">As Ye Came From The Holy Land</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-queen-s-marie/" title="The Queen's Marie">The Queen's Marie</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/anonymous/poems/" title="See all poems by Anonymous">See all poems by Anonymous</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/29/557729_b_9675.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/gwen-harwood/" title="Gwen Harwood"> <span> Gwen Harwood <span class="phCounter">(12 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">8 June 1920 – 4 December 1995 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Gwen Harwood AO, née Gwendoline Nessie Foster, was an Australian poet and librettist. Gwen Harwood is regarded as one of Australia's finest poets, publishing over 420 works, including 386 poems and 13 librettos. She won numerous poetry awards and prizes. Her work is commonly studied in schools and university courses. <a href="/gwen-harwood/biography/" title="Gwen Harwood Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/in-the-park-5/" title="In The Park">In The Park</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/anniversary-22/" title="Anniversary">Anniversary</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/last-meeting-3/" title="Last Meeting">Last Meeting</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/estuary-2/" title="Estuary">Estuary</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/triste-triste/" title="Triste, Triste">Triste, Triste</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/gwen-harwood/poems/" title="See all poems by Gwen Harwood">See all poems by Gwen Harwood</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/77/38277_b_3534.gif"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/mirza-ghalib/" title="Mirza Ghalib"> <span> Mirza Ghalib <span class="phCounter">(26 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">27 December 1797 – 15 February 1869 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan (Urdu/Persian: مرزا اسد اللہ بیگ خان) was a classical Urdu and Persian poet from India during British colonial rule. His also known as 'Mirza Asadullah Khan Galib', 'Mirza Galib', 'Dabir-ul-Mulk' and 'Najm-ud-Daula'. His pen-names was Ghaliband Asad or Asad or Galib. During his lifetime the Mughals were eclipsed and displaced by the British and finally deposed following the defeat of the Indian rebellion of 1857, events that he wrote of. <a href="/mirza-ghalib/biography/" title="Mirza Ghalib Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/in-her-every-indication/" title="In Her Every Indication">In Her Every Indication</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/a-thousand-desires/" title="A Thousand Desires">A Thousand Desires</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/he-was-when-it-was-aught/" title="He Was, When It Was Aught">He Was, When It Was Aught</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/heart-it-is-not-a-brick-or-stone/" title="Heart It Is, Not A Brick Or Stone">Heart It Is, Not A Brick Or Stone</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/i-have-seen-almost-all-the-possible-troubles-in-my-life/" title="I Have Seen Almost All The Possible Troubles In My Life">I Have Seen Almost All The Possible Troubles In My Life</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/mirza-ghalib/poems/" title="See all poems by Mirza Ghalib">See all poems by Mirza Ghalib</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/89/13389_b_6438.gif"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/james-weldon-johnson/" title="James Weldon Johnson"> <span> James Weldon Johnson <span class="phCounter">(63 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">1871-1938 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> James Weldon Johnson (June 17, 1871 – June 26, 1938) was an American author, politician, diplomat, critic, journalist, poet, anthologist, educator, lawyer, songwriter, and early civil rights activist. Johnson is remembered best for his leadership within the NAACP, as well as for his writing, which includes novels, poems, and collections of folklore. <a href="/james-weldon-johnson/biography/" title="James Weldon Johnson Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/go-down-death/" title="Go Down, Death">Go Down, Death</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/listen-lord-a-prayer/" title="Listen, Lord: A Prayer">Listen, Lord: A Prayer</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-creation/" title="The Creation">The Creation</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/lift-every-voice-and-sing/" title="Lift Every Voice And Sing">Lift Every Voice And Sing</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/a-banjo-song/" title="A Banjo Song">A Banjo Song</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/james-weldon-johnson/poems/" title="See all poems by James Weldon Johnson">See all poems by James Weldon Johnson</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/32/16432_b_4119.gif"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/octavio-paz/" title="Octavio Paz"> <span> Octavio Paz <span class="phCounter">(16 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">March 31, 1914 – April 19, 1998 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Mexican poet, essayist, and political thinker. His works reflect many influences, including Marxism, surrealism, and Aztec mythology. El laberinto de la soledad/The Labyrinth of Solitude (1950), the book which brought him to world attention, explores Mexico's heritage. His long poem Piedra del sol/Sun Stone (1957) uses contrasting images, centring on the Aztec Calendar Stone (representing the Aztec universe), to symbolize the loneliness of individuals and their search for union with others. <a href="/octavio-paz/biography/" title="Octavio Paz Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/across-4/" title="Across">Across</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/axis-3/" title="Axis">Axis</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/brotherhood-3/" title="Brotherhood">Brotherhood</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/counterparts/" title="Counterparts">Counterparts</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/last-dawn-2/" title="Last Dawn">Last Dawn</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/octavio-paz/poems/" title="See all poems by Octavio Paz">See all poems by Octavio Paz</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/08/6608_b_6187.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/rainer-maria-rilke/" title="Rainer Maria Rilke"> <span> Rainer Maria Rilke <span class="phCounter">(127 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">4 December 1875 – 29 December 1926 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke (German pronunciation: [ˈʁaɪnɐ maˈʁiːa ˈʁɪlkə]), better known as Rainer Maria Rilke, was a Bohemian-Austrian poet. He is considered one of the most significant poets in the German language. His haunting images focus on the difficulty of communion with the ineffable in an age of disbelief, solitude, and profound anxiety: themes that tend to position him as a transitional figure between the traditional and the modernist poets. <a href="/rainer-maria-rilke/biography/" title="Rainer Maria Rilke Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/to-music/" title="To Music">To Music</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/little-tear-vase/" title="Little Tear-Vase">Little Tear-Vase</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-sonnets-to-orpheus-i/" title="The Sonnets To Orpheus: I">The Sonnets To Orpheus: I</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/for-hans-carossa/" title="For Hans Carossa">For Hans Carossa</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/love-song/" title="Love Song">Love Song</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/rainer-maria-rilke/poems/" title="See all poems by Rainer Maria Rilke">See all poems by Rainer Maria Rilke</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/36/3036_b_9023.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/robert-browning/" title="Robert Browning"> <span> Robert Browning <span class="phCounter">(147 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">1812-1889 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> The son of Robert Browning, a Bank of England clerk, and Sarah Anna Wiedemann, of Scottish-German descent, Browning received little formal education. His learning was gleaned mainly from his Father's library at home in Camberwell, South London, where he learnt something, with his Father's help, of Latin and Greek and also read Shelly, Byron and Keats. <a href="/robert-browning/biography/" title="Robert Browning Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/popularity/" title="Popularity">Popularity</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/love-among-the-ruins/" title="Love Among The Ruins">Love Among The Ruins</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/italian-in-england-the/" title="Italian In England, The">Italian In England, The</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/laboratory-the/" title="Laboratory, The">Laboratory, The</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-lost-leader/" title="The Lost Leader">The Lost Leader</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/robert-browning/poems/" title="See all poems by Robert Browning">See all poems by Robert Browning</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/99/6699_b_283.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/ella-wheeler-wilcox/" title="Ella Wheeler Wilcox"> <span> Ella Wheeler Wilcox <span class="phCounter">(564 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">5 November 1850 - 30 October 1919 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Ella Wheeler Wilcox was an American author and poet. Her best-known work was Poems of Passion. Her most enduring work was " Solitude", which contains the lines: "Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone". Her autobiography, The Worlds and I, was published in 1918, a year before her death. <a href="/ella-wheeler-wilcox/biography/" title="Ella Wheeler Wilcox Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/morning-prayer/" title="Morning Prayer">Morning Prayer</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/delilah/" title="Delilah">Delilah</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/change-5/" title="Change">Change</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/a-waltz-quadrille/" title="A Waltz-Quadrille">A Waltz-Quadrille</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/love-s-coming/" title="Love's Coming">Love's Coming</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/ella-wheeler-wilcox/poems/" title="See all poems by Ella Wheeler Wilcox">See all poems by Ella Wheeler Wilcox</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/33/36033_b_9750.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/a-b-banjo-paterson/" title="A B Banjo Paterson"> <span> A B Banjo Paterson <span class="phCounter">(284 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">17 February 1864 – 5 February 1941 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Banjo Paterson was born at the property "Narrambla", near Orange, New South Wales, the eldest son of Andrew Bogle Paterson, a Scottish immigrant from Lanarkshire and Australian-born Rose Isabella Barton, related to the future first Prime Minister of Australia Edmund Barton. Paterson's family lived on the isolated Buckinbah Station in the Monaro until he was five when his father lost his wool clip in a flood and was forced to sell up. <a href="/a-b-banjo-paterson/biography/" title="A B Banjo Paterson Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-incantation/" title="The Incantation">The Incantation</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-last-parade/" title="The Last Parade">The Last Parade</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-last-trump/" title="The Last Trump">The Last Trump</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-ballad-of-g-r-dibbs/" title="The Ballad Of G. R. Dibbs">The Ballad Of G. R. Dibbs</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-sausage-candidate-a-tale-of-the-elections/" title="The Sausage Candidate-A Tale Of The Elections">The Sausage Candidate-A Tale Of The Elections</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/a-b-banjo-paterson/poems/" title="See all poems by A B Banjo Paterson">See all poems by A B Banjo Paterson</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/91/1660791_b_9577.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/kuvempu/" title="Kuvempu"> <span> Kuvempu <span class="phCounter">(4 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">29 December 1894 - 11 November 1994 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Kuppali Venkatappagowda Puttappa, widely known by the pen name Kuvempu or by the abbreviation K. V. Puttappa, was a Kannada writer and poet, widely regarded as the greatest poet of 20th century Kannada literature. He is the first among eight recipients of Jnanpith Award for Kannada. Puttappa wrote all his literary works using the pen name Kuvempu. <a href="/kuvempu/biography/" title="Kuvempu Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/oh-mother-blessed-i-am-to-be-born-to-you/" title="Oh Mother, Blessed I Am, To Be Born To You">Oh Mother, Blessed I Am, To Be Born To You</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/kuvempu/poems/" title="See all poems by Kuvempu">See all poems by Kuvempu</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/29/8629_b_3572.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/nazim-hikmet/" title="Nazim Hikmet"> <span> Nazim Hikmet <span class="phCounter">(38 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">1902-1963 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Nâzım Hikmet Ran (15 January 1902 – 3 June 1963), commonly known as Nâzım Hikmet (Turkish pronunciation: [naːˈzɯm hicˈmet] ( listen)) was a Turkish poet, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, director and memoirist. He was acclaimed for the "lyrical flow of his statements". Described as a "romantic communist"and "romantic revolutionary", he was repeatedly arrested for his political beliefs and spent much of his adult life in prison or in exile. <a href="/nazim-hikmet/biography/" title="Nazim Hikmet Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/last-will-and-testament/" title="Last Will And Testament">Last Will And Testament</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/regarding-art/" title="Regarding Art">Regarding Art</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/our-eyes/" title="Our Eyes">Our Eyes</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/it-s-this-way/" title="It's This Way">It's This Way</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/letter-to-my-wife/" title="Letter To My Wife">Letter To My Wife</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/nazim-hikmet/poems/" title="See all poems by Nazim Hikmet">See all poems by Nazim Hikmet</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/99/3099_b_650.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/percy-bysshe-shelley/" title="Percy Bysshe Shelley"> <span> Percy Bysshe Shelley <span class="phCounter">(324 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">1792-1822 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Shelley, born the heir to rich estates and the son of an Member of Parliament, went to University College, Oxford in 1810, but in March of the following year he and a friend, Thomas Jefferson Hogg, were both expelled for the suspected authorship of a pamphlet entitled The Necessity of Atheism. In 1811 he met and eloped to Edinburgh with Harriet Westbrook and, one year later, went with her and her older sister first to Dublin, then to Devon and North Wales, where they stayed for six months in.. <a href="/percy-bysshe-shelley/biography/" title="Percy Bysshe Shelley Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/one-word-is-too-often-profaned/" title="One Word Is Too Often Profaned">One Word Is Too Often Profaned</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/to-coleridge/" title="To Coleridge">To Coleridge</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/adonais/" title="Adonais">Adonais</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/song-rarely-rarely-comest-thou/" title="Song: Rarely, Rarely, Comest Thou">Song: Rarely, Rarely, Comest Thou</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-triumph-of-life/" title="The Triumph Of Life">The Triumph Of Life</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/percy-bysshe-shelley/poems/" title="See all poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley">See all poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/68/3068_b_7020.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/oscar-wilde/" title="Oscar Wilde"> <span> Oscar Wilde <span class="phCounter">(110 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">1854-1900 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was born in Dublin, the son of an eye-surgeon and a literary hostess and writer (known under the pseudonym "Speranza"). After studying at Trinity College, Dublin, Wilde went to Magdalen College, Oxford, where he achieved a double first and won the Newdigate prize for a poem Ravenna. <a href="/oscar-wilde/biography/" title="Oscar Wilde Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/quantum-mutata/" title="Quantum Mutata">Quantum Mutata</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/sonnet-written-in-holy-week-at-genoa/" title="Sonnet Written In Holy Week At Genoa">Sonnet Written In Holy Week At Genoa</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/rome-unvisited/" title="Rome Unvisited">Rome Unvisited</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/le-panneau/" title="Le Panneau">Le Panneau</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/san-miniato/" title="San Miniato">San Miniato</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/oscar-wilde/poems/" title="See all poems by Oscar Wilde">See all poems by Oscar Wilde</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/77/6777_b_3924.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/countee-cullen/" title="Countee Cullen"> <span> Countee Cullen <span class="phCounter">(28 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">30 May 1903 – 9 January 1946 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Countee Cullen was an American poet who was a leading figure in the Harlem Renaissance. <b>Early life</b> Countee Cullen was possibly born on May 30, although due to conflicting accounts of his early life, a general application of the year of his birth as 1903 is reasonable. He was either born in New York, Baltimore, or Lexington, Kentucky, with his widow being convinced he was born in Lexington. <a href="/countee-cullen/biography/" title="Countee Cullen Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/simon-the-cyrenian-speaks/" title="Simon The Cyrenian Speaks">Simon The Cyrenian Speaks</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/that-bright-chimeric-beast/" title="That Bright Chimeric Beast">That Bright Chimeric Beast</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/from-the-dark-tower/" title="From The Dark Tower">From The Dark Tower</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-shroud-of-color/" title="The Shroud Of Color">The Shroud Of Color</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/yet-do-i-marvel/" title="Yet Do I Marvel">Yet Do I Marvel</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/countee-cullen/poems/" title="See all poems by Countee Cullen">See all poems by Countee Cullen</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/74/1251074_b_1587.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/sayeed-abubakar/" title="Sayeed Abubakar"> <span> Sayeed Abubakar <span class="phCounter">(295 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">21 September 1972 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Sayeed Abubakar is a Bengali poet, essayist, translator and Professor, laureate of Rock Pebbles International Award 2017. Born on September 21,1972 in Jashore district of Bangladesh, he is famous for his two epic-poems namely 'Mujibnama' (2018) and 'Nabinama' (2021) . 'Pronoyer Prathom Pap' (1996) is his most famous poetry-collection which is regarded as a master-piece in Bengali language. <a href="/sayeed-abubakar/biography/" title="Sayeed Abubakar Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/two-years-and-a-houseinmate/" title="Two Years And A House-Inmate">Two Years And A House-Inmate</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/my-love-touched-your-eyes/" title="My Love Touched Your Eyes">My Love Touched Your Eyes</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/grace-of-perfume/" title="Grace Of Perfume">Grace Of Perfume</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/our-happiness-1/" title="Our Happiness">Our Happiness</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/she-406/" title="She">She</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/sayeed-abubakar/poems/" title="See all poems by Sayeed Abubakar">See all poems by Sayeed Abubakar</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/50/37750_b_8373.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/kalidasa/" title="Kalidasa"> <span> Kalidasa <span class="phCounter">(21 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">4th Century - 5th Century </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Kalidasa (Devanāgarī: कालिदास "servant of Kali") was a renowned Classical Sanskrit writer, widely regarded as the greatest poet and dramatist in the Sanskrit language. His floruit cannot be dated with precision, but most likely falls within 4th Century AD. His plays and poetry are primarily based on Hindu Puranas and philosophy. <a href="/kalidasa/biography/" title="Kalidasa Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/seasonal-cycle-chapter-06-spring/" title="Seasonal Cycle - Chapter 06 - Spring">Seasonal Cycle - Chapter 06 - Spring</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-cloud-messenger-part-01/" title="The Cloud Messenger - Part 01">The Cloud Messenger - Part 01</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-cloud-messenger-part-02/" title="The Cloud Messenger - Part 02">The Cloud Messenger - Part 02</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-cloud-messenger-part-03/" title="The Cloud Messenger - Part 03">The Cloud Messenger - Part 03</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/seasonal-cycle-chapter-04-pre-winter/" title="Seasonal Cycle - Chapter 04 - Pre Winter">Seasonal Cycle - Chapter 04 - Pre Winter</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/kalidasa/poems/" title="See all poems by Kalidasa">See all poems by Kalidasa</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/08/33908_b_4503.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/allama-muhammad-iqbal/" title="Allama Muhammad Iqbal"> <span> Allama Muhammad Iqbal <span class="phCounter">(32 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">9 November 1877 - 21 April 1938 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Sir Muhammad Iqbal, also known as Allama Iqbal, was a philosopher, poet and politician in British India who is widely regarded to have inspired the Pakistan Movement. He is considered one of the most important figures in Urdu literature, with literary work in both the Urdu and Persian languages. Iqbal is admired as a prominent classical poet by Pakistani, Indian and other international scholars of literature. <a href="/allama-muhammad-iqbal/biography/" title="Allama Muhammad Iqbal Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/a-prayer-105/" title="A Prayer">A Prayer</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/first-date-tree-saeeded-by-abdul-rahman-the-firs/" title="First Date Tree Saeeded By Abdul Rahman The Firs">First Date Tree Saeeded By Abdul Rahman The Firs</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/mu-tamid-s-lament-in-prison/" title="Mu'Tamid's Lament In Prison">Mu'Tamid's Lament In Prison</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/spain-6/" title="Spain">Spain</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-mosque-of-cordoba/" title="The Mosque Of Cordoba">The Mosque Of Cordoba</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/allama-muhammad-iqbal/poems/" title="See all poems by Allama Muhammad Iqbal">See all poems by Allama Muhammad Iqbal</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/21/6621_b_245.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/ezra-pound/" title="Ezra Pound"> <span> Ezra Pound <span class="phCounter">(250 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">30 October 1885 – 1 November 1972 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Ezra Weston Loomis Pound was an American expatriate poet and critic and a major figure in the early modernist movement in poetry. He became known for his role in developing Imagism, which, in reaction to the Victorian and Georgian poets, favored tight language, unadorned imagery, and a strong correspondence between the verbal and musical qualities of the verse and the mood it expressed. <a href="/ezra-pound/biography/" title="Ezra Pound Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/alf-s-tenth-bit/" title="Alf’s Tenth Bit">Alf’s Tenth Bit</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-river-merchant-s-wife-a-letter/" title="The River-Merchant's Wife: A Letter">The River-Merchant's Wife: A Letter</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/ione-dead-the-long-year/" title="Ione, Dead The Long Year">Ione, Dead The Long Year</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/salutation/" title="Salutation">Salutation</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/portrait-d-une-femme/" title="Portrait D'Une Femme">Portrait D'Une Femme</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/ezra-pound/poems/" title="See all poems by Ezra Pound">See all poems by Ezra Pound</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/52/12352_b_1536.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/mahmoud-darwish/" title="Mahmoud Darwish"> <span> Mahmoud Darwish <span class="phCounter">(95 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">13 March 1941 – 9 August 2008 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Mahmoud Darwish (Arabic: محمود درويش‎) (13 March 1941 – 9 August 2008) was a Palestinian poet and author who won numerous awards for his literary output and was regarded as the Palestinian national poet. In his work, Palestine became a metaphor for the loss of Eden, birth and resurrection, and the anguish of dispossession and exile. <a href="/mahmoud-darwish/biography/" title="Mahmoud Darwish Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/under-siege/" title="Under Siege">Under Siege</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/passport/" title="Passport">Passport</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/identity-card/" title="Identity Card">Identity Card</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-dice-player-2/" title="The Dice Player">The Dice Player</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/mural/" title="Mural">Mural</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/mahmoud-darwish/poems/" title="See all poems by Mahmoud Darwish">See all poems by Mahmoud Darwish</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/73/6573_b_204.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/edward-lear/" title="Edward Lear"> <span> Edward Lear <span class="phCounter">(156 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">12 May 1812 – 29 January 1888 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Edward Lear was an English artist, illustrator, author, and poet, renowned today primarily for his literary nonsense, in poetry and prose, and especially his limericks, a form that he popularised. <b>Biography</b> Lear was born into a middle-class family in the village of Holloway, the 21st child of Ann and Jeremiah Lear. <a href="/edward-lear/biography/" title="Edward Lear Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-daddy-long-legs-and-the-fly/" title="The Daddy Long-Legs And The Fly">The Daddy Long-Legs And The Fly</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-duck-and-the-kangaroo/" title="The Duck And The Kangaroo">The Duck And The Kangaroo</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-new-vestments/" title="The New Vestments">The New Vestments</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-nutcrackers-and-the-sugar-tongs/" title="The Nutcrackers And The Sugar-Tongs">The Nutcrackers And The Sugar-Tongs</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-pelican-chorus/" title="The Pelican Chorus">The Pelican Chorus</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/edward-lear/poems/" title="See all poems by Edward Lear">See all poems by Edward Lear</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/13/6613_b_9137.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/allen-ginsberg/" title="Allen Ginsberg"> <span> Allen Ginsberg <span class="phCounter">(48 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">3 June 1926 – 5 April 1997 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Irwin Allen Ginsber was an American poet and one of the leading figures of the Beat Generation in the 1950s. He vigorously opposed militarism, materialism and sexual repression. Ginsberg is best known for his epic poem "Howl", in which he celebrated his fellow "angel-headed hipsters" and harshly denounced what he saw as the destructive forces of capitalism and conformity in the United States. <a href="/allen-ginsberg/biography/" title="Allen Ginsberg Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/hum-bom/" title="Hum Bom!">Hum Bom!</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/psalm-iv/" title="Psalm Iv">Psalm Iv</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/plutonian-ode/" title="Plutonian Ode">Plutonian Ode</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/in-the-baggage-room-at-greyhound/" title="In The Baggage Room At Greyhound">In The Baggage Room At Greyhound</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/cia-dope-calypso/" title="Cia Dope Calypso">Cia Dope Calypso</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/allen-ginsberg/poems/" title="See all poems by Allen Ginsberg">See all poems by Allen Ginsberg</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/54/3054_b_9748.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/john-donne/" title="John Donne"> <span> John Donne <span class="phCounter">(190 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">24 January 1572 - 31 March 1631 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> John Donne was an English poet, satirist, lawyer and priest. He is considered the pre-eminent representative of the metaphysical poets. His works are noted for their strong, sensual style and include sonnets, love poetry, religious poems, Latin translations, epigrams, elegies, songs, satires and sermons. <a href="/john-donne/biography/" title="John Donne Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/holy-sonnet-xv-wilt-thou-love-god/" title="Holy Sonnet Xv: Wilt Thou Love God">Holy Sonnet Xv: Wilt Thou Love God</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-ecstasy/" title="The Ecstasy">The Ecstasy</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/holy-sonnet-xvi-father/" title="Holy Sonnet Xvi: Father">Holy Sonnet Xvi: Father</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/a-valediction-of-weeping-2/" title="A Valediction: Of Weeping">A Valediction: Of Weeping</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/elegy-iv-the-perfume/" title="Elegy Iv: The Perfume">Elegy Iv: The Perfume</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/john-donne/poems/" title="See all poems by John Donne">See all poems by John Donne</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/45/6745_b_7183.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/lawrence-ferlinghetti/" title="Lawrence Ferlinghetti"> <span> Lawrence Ferlinghetti <span class="phCounter">(33 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo"> </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Lawrence Ferlinghetti (born March 24, 1919) is an American poet, painter, liberal activist, and the co-founder of City Lights Booksellers & Publishers. Author of poetry, translations, fiction, theatre, art criticism, and film narration, he is best known for A Coney Island of the Mind (1958), a collection of poems that has been translated into nine languages, with sales of over one million copies. <a href="/lawrence-ferlinghetti/biography/" title="Lawrence Ferlinghetti Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/the-great-chinese-dragon/" title="The Great Chinese Dragon">The Great Chinese Dragon</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/an-elegy-on-the-death-of-kenneth-patchen/" title="An Elegy On The Death Of Kenneth Patchen">An Elegy On The Death Of Kenneth Patchen</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/seascape-with-sun-and-eagle/" title="Seascape With Sun And Eagle">Seascape With Sun And Eagle</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/underwear/" title="Underwear">Underwear</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/recipe-for-happiness-khaborovsk-or-anyplace/" title="Recipe For Happiness Khaborovsk Or Anyplace">Recipe For Happiness Khaborovsk Or Anyplace</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/lawrence-ferlinghetti/poems/" title="See all poems by Lawrence Ferlinghetti">See all poems by Lawrence Ferlinghetti</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/51/3151_b_9211.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/john-masefield/" title="John Masefield"> <span> John Masefield <span class="phCounter">(45 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">1 June 1878 – 12 May 1967 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> John Edward Masefield, OM, was an English poet and writer, and Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1930 until his death in 1967. He is remembered as the author of the classic children's novels The Midnight Folk and The Box of Delights, and poems, including "The Everlasting Mercy" and "Sea-Fever". <a href="/john-masefield/biography/" title="John Masefield Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/cargoes/" title="Cargoes">Cargoes</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/sea-change/" title="Sea Change">Sea Change</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/on-eastnor-knoll/" title="On Eastnor Knoll">On Eastnor Knoll</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/night-is-on-the-downland/" title="Night Is On The Downland">Night Is On The Downland</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/tewkesbury-road/" title="Tewkesbury Road">Tewkesbury Road</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/john-masefield/poems/" title="See all poems by John Masefield">See all poems by John Masefield</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/47/1510647_b_7460.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/keki-daruwalla/" title="Keki Daruwalla"> <span> Keki Daruwalla <span class="phCounter">(25 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">1937 - </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Keki Nasserwanji Daruwalla was born in 1937 in Lahore in undivided India. In 1945 his father Prof. N.C. Daruwalla retired from Govt. College Lyallpur (now Shah Faizlabad) and moved to Junagadh as Tutor and Guardian to the Prince. His latest novel Ancestral Affairs (Harpercollins, 2015) dwells on Junagadh’s disastrous accession to Pakistan in 1947. <a href="/keki-daruwalla/biography/" title="Keki Daruwalla Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/al-azhar-lecture/" title="Al-Azhar Lecture">Al-Azhar Lecture</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/alexander-crosses-the-hellespont/" title="Alexander Crosses The Hellespont">Alexander Crosses The Hellespont</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/bars-9/" title="Bars">Bars</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/before-the-word/" title="Before The Word">Before The Word</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/fish-29/" title="Fish">Fish</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/keki-daruwalla/poems/" title="See all poems by Keki Daruwalla">See all poems by Keki Daruwalla</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/17/9717_b_5430.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/robert-william-service/" title="Robert William Service"> <span> Robert William Service <span class="phCounter">(836 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">16 January 1874 - 11 September 1958 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> a poet and writer who has often been called "the Bard of the Yukon". Service is best known for his poems "The Shooting of Dan McGrew" and "The Cremation of Sam McGee", from his first book, Songs of a Sourdough (1907; also published as The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses). "These humorous tales in verse were considered doggerel by the literary set, yet remain extremely popular to this day. <a href="/robert-william-service/biography/" title="Robert William Service Biography" class="exploreReadMore">Read More <span class="brdc"></span></a> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePoetPoems"> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/moon-lover/" title="Moon-Lover">Moon-Lover</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/my-friends-6/" title="My Friends">My Friends</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/segregation/" title="Segregation">Segregation</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/breath-is-enough/" title="Breath Is Enough">Breath Is Enough</a> </div> <div class="explorePhTopPoetsTextLink"> <a href="/poem/my-hour/" title="My Hour">My Hour</a> </div> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText explorePhTopPoetsText"> <a href="/robert-william-service/poems/" title="See all poems by Robert William Service">See all poems by Robert William Service</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <div class="phlRow phTop500New"> <span class="phlImage phTopPoetsImg lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/75/1076875_b_7864.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText"> <a href="/charles-dickens/" title="Charles Dickens"> <span> Charles Dickens <span class="phCounter">(10 poem)</span> </span> </a> <span class="phTopPoetsInfo">7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870 </span> </div> <div class="phlText phTopPoetsText exploreBiography"> Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian period. 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