american poets

A biography of the twentieth-century American writer whose poetry combined artistic composition with word play and traditional rhyme and meter. Includes examples of his work.

A portrait of the American poet known as the Riddle of Amherst, interspersed with examples of her work.

Presents a brief biography of American poet and playwright Carl Sandburg that chronicles his childhood, military service during the Spanish-American War, and political and religious beliefs.

Examines the life of the reclusive nineteenth-century Massachusetts poet whose posthumously published poetry brought her the public attention she had carefully avoided during her lifetime.

Biography of Walt Whitman whose poetry in "Leaves of Grass" reflected the great changes that took place in nineteenth-century America.

Follows the life of the reclusive nineteenth-century poet from Amherst, Massachusetts.

A fictionalized biography of the eighteenth-century African woman who, as a child, was brought to New England to be a slave, and after publishing her first poem when a teenager, gained renown throughout the colonies as an important African-American poet.

A biography of the Harlem poet whose works gave voice to the joy and pain of the black experience in America.

Traces the life of the Black American poet who was born in Africa, brought over to New England as a slave, and published her first poem while still a teenager.

A biography of the American lawyer and poet who wrote the Star-Spangled Banner which became our national anthem.