“America, the Beautiful,” Bates’s poem, set to music, became the United States’ unofficial anthem, a hymn of love of country. There are plenty of better poems about America, the land and ...

The poem that inspired the song, America the Beautiful, is 130 years old today, and it resonates more than ever.

America the Beautiful” by Katharine Lee Bates is as much critique as celebration, writes documentary filmmaker. While Bates’ ...

The Washington Monthly is an independent voice, listened to by insiders and willing to take on sacred cows—liberal and conservative. And we need your support. The poem that inspired the song, America ...

We need "America the Beautiful," just like every other country needs an anthem, to evoke a sense of collective belonging and ...

“Lost in America” is a poem of powerful juxtapositions. It has the appearance of prose, yet through anaphoric repetition, it creates a rhythmic experience closer to sacred and liturgical poetry.

PATERSON, BOOK IV (55 pp.)—William Carlos Williams—New Directions ($3).Since 1946, Poet and Pediatrician William Carlos Williams has been publishing parts of a long poem, Paterson. In ...

Held in recognition of America’s 250th birthday, students are invited to write and submit an original poem about America for the contest. Philip Freneau – who moved to Monmouth County in 1762 ...