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

For two years, Antwon Rose’s poem lived in his 10th grade English teacher’s electronic grade book, largely forgotten. After he was shot dead by police, she found it again.

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

“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 ...

“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.

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

Sarah Fleming was a Black poet who advocated tirelessly for African-American women’s rights. Her poem about friendship echoes a universal truth: the world could always use a little more love.

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 ...

Born in 1876, Zitkála-Šá was a poet, short story writer, musician, activist, member of the Yankton Dakota Sioux and ...

KARL SHAPIRO: SELECTED POEMS. Edited by John Updike. Library of America, 198 pp. $20.

Stephen Vincent Benét (1898–1943) had a name to conjure with, back in the day. Once upon a time, all of literate America knew his book-length poem about the Civil War, “John Brown’s Body” (1928) and ...