poetry

Five poems by Langston Hughes and one anonymous one translated from the Spanish present the story of the first Christmas from different perspectives.

Presents the text of the poem composed and read by Elizabeth Alexander for President Barack Obama's inauguration ceremony on January 20, 2009.

A collection of poems which tells the story of the first Easter.

A retelling of the heroic rescue of 163 people shipwrecked off the south coast of Newfoundland in 1828 by a young girl named Ann Harvey and her father and brother.

A collection of poems by Sharon Chmielarz.

A collection of poems that were written by the Chilean poet Marjorie Agosin and inspired by the experiences of Anne Frank during World War II.

Poet Ian Marshall extracts nearly three hundred haiku verses from within Henry David Thoreau's "Walden, " and discusses the haiku form of poetry, Thoreau's text, and American nature writing.

Collection of poems by nineteenth-century poet Alfred Lord Tennyson, featuring "Idylls of the King," his epic work about the court of King Arthur.

Presents Longfellow's epic poem about the prophet Hiawatha, a magical Native American man who brings the gift of civilization to the world.