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By Heart: ‘The Dandelion’ + New Keats Challenge

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green grass

The king of August is the dandelion. Join author Megan Willome as she learns Vachel Lindsay’s poem “The Dandelion” by heart.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, Americana Poems, Blog, By Heart, Sara Teasdale

“Cross of Snow: A Life of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Nicholas Basbanes

By Glynn Young 2 Comments

“Cross of Snow” examines the lives of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and his wife Frances (“Fanny”), noting her significant contributions to his work.

Filed Under: Americana Poems, article, book reviews, Books, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, poetry, Poets

Poets and Poems: Maurice Manning and “Railsplitter”

By Glynn Young 4 Comments

In “Railsplitting,” poet Maurice Manning crawls inside the head of Abraham Lincoln, recalling and imagining his life, struggles, and legacy.

Filed Under: Americana Poems, article, book reviews, Books, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets

Creating an ‘I Love Poetry Moment’: Magic City’s Ashley M. Jones

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

For National Poetry Month, create an ‘I Love Poetry Moment,’ following the example of Ashley M. Jones and the Magic City Poetry Festival.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, Americana Poems, Black Poets, English Teaching Resources, Poems, poetry, Poets

By Heart: ‘Dippold the Optician’ and William Blake Challenge

By Megan Willome 2 Comments

Spoon River Anthology Edgar Lee Masters

Join author Megan Willome as she learns a little wisdom poetry By Heart—’Dippold the Optician’ from Edgar Lee Masters’ ‘Spoon River Anthology.’

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, Americana Poems, Blog, By Heart, poetry, Poets, wisdom literature

Poet Laureate Joy Harjo: Grace, Rain, and Other Mysteries

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

Author Megan Willome considers grace, rain, and other mysteries inherent in the poetry of Joy Harjo, the new U.S. poet laureate.

Filed Under: Americana Poems, Blog, Nature Poems, Poems, Poets, Rain poems

Poets and Poems: Benjamin Myers and “Black Sunday”

By Glynn Young 9 Comments

Oak Tree Black Sunday Benjamin Myers

In “Black Sunday,” Benjamin Myers uses poetry to explore and illustrate what happened to the people and the land during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s.

Filed Under: Americana Poems, article, book reviews, Books, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets

Poetry, Fiction, or What? “The Long Take” by Robin Robertson

By Glynn Young 4 Comments

Compass Robertson The Long Take

“The Long Take” by British poet Robin Robertson, shortlisted for the 2018 Man Booker Prize, is a poetry book, a novel, and a noir movie.

Filed Under: Americana Poems, article, book reviews, Books, Fiction, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets

Poets and Poems: Darren Demaree and “Two Towns Over”

By Glynn Young 3 Comments

Leaf on barbed wire Darren Demaree

The 56 poems of “Two Towns Over” by poet Darren Demaree powerfully document the devastation of the opioid addiction crisis.

Filed Under: Americana Poems, article, Books, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets

A Night of Cowboy Poetry — Poems, Songs, and Cowpunchers

By Megan Willome 12 Comments

Poetry, music, and cowpunchers took the stage for “A Cowboy’s Night in old Texas.” Megan Willome wore her red boots.

Filed Under: Americana Poems, Animal Poems, Ballad Poems, Blog, Funny Poems, Music, poetry, work poems

The Mythic and Heroic: “The Song of Hiawatha” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

By Glynn Young 4 Comments

Mountains Hiawatha by Longfellow

“The Song of Hiawatha” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is a beautiful story about a heroic leader who loses what he holds most dear.

Filed Under: Americana Poems, article, book reviews, Epic Poetry, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets

The Poetry of the Visiting Card: Miss Jennie Todt meets Catherina Gerhard

By Glynn Young 8 Comments

Wrought iron visiting cards

A visiting card in an 1899 edition of “Longfellow’s Complete Poems” leads to stories of German immigrants, St. Louis history, and even beer.

Filed Under: Americana Poems, article, Books, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Poems, poetry

Childhood, Poetry, and History: “The Courtship of Miles Standish”

By Glynn Young 7 Comments

Tree in snow Courtship of Miles Standish

Reading “The Courtship of Miles Standish” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow brings memories of childhood, poetry, and history.

Filed Under: Americana Poems, article, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets

The Poem as Modern Myth: “Evangeline” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

By Glynn Young 6 Comments

Haunted Wood Evangeline

“Evangeline” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow resurrected an almost forgotten event in Canadian and American history and helped shaped a regional people.

Filed Under: Americana Poems, article, Childhood Poems, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Poems, poetry, Poets

Our Best-Known Patriotic Poem: Longfellow Visits a Church

By Glynn Young 5 Comments

lighthouse Paul Revere's Ride

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow climbed the stairs of the Old North Church tower in Boston in April, 1860; the result was America’s best-known patriotic poem.

Filed Under: Americana Poems, article, Books, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Poems, poetry, Poets

The Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: “Olio” by Tyehimba Jess

By Glynn Young 5 Comments

Tyehimba Jess

The Pulitzer Prize-winning poetry collection “Olio” by Tyehimba Jess bends poetry our of its familiar groove to tell a story few Americans know.

Filed Under: Americana Poems, article, Black Poets, book reviews, poetry, poetry news, poetry reviews, Poets, Pulitzer Prize

Poets and Poems: Frank Stanford and “The Light the Dead See”

By Glynn Young 13 Comments

Pier into Light Frank Stanford

Frank Stanford (1948-1978) embodied William Wordsworth’s “The Child is father of the Man” in both his life and his poetry.

Filed Under: Americana Poems, Blog, book reviews, Childhood Poems, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets

2016 Pulitzer Prize: “Ozone Journal” by Peter Balakian

By Glynn Young 7 Comments

Silver grass Ozone Journal

“Ozone Journal’ by Peter Balakian, winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for poetry, challenges, provokes, and helps us to see in a different light.

Filed Under: Americana Poems, Blog, Books, Poems, Poems about poetry, poetry, poetry reviews

Walt Whitman in Brooklyn: Newspapers and “Leaves of Grass”

By Glynn Young 10 Comments

Walt Whitman lived for 22 years in Brooklyn, and the city exerted a powerful influence on his poetry, especially “Leaves of Grass.”

Filed Under: Americana Poems, Blog, New York Literary, Poems, poetry, Poets, Walt Whitman

Poets and Poems: Donald Hall and “Selected Poems”

By Glynn Young 16 Comments

Donald Hall says he can’t write poetry any more. His new “Selected Poems” demonstrates the sufficiency of what he’s written.

Filed Under: Americana Poems, Blog, book reviews, love poems, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets

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