But Rexford, like much of America at the time, was fascinated by the romance of the West. Today’s Poem of the Day, the 1881 “Ride of Paul Venarez,” is from the actual era of the Wild West. But, as ...

Emily Brontë is a name that needs no introduction in ... “He Had His Dream” is one of the most famous inspirational poems ever written. Paul Laurence Dunbar tells the story of a man who ...

Finish story here; 10 Essential Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems Everyone Should Read.

“Bluff” — the name of Danez Smith’s fourth collection of poetry, and first since January ... is a neighborhood in Smith’s home city of St. Paul, Minn., named for speculator Lyman Dayton ...

Paul Durcan, the Dublin-born poet, died on May 17 at the age of 80. There was no one quite like him. Prolific, popular and a ...

In this volume of poems about half are in the negro dialect, and show Mr. Dunbar at his best. The delicious languor, and warmth and melody of the negro songs, their unexpected turns of humor and ...

A lot of us learned about the revolutionary sprint through Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s iconic poem that begins, “Listen, my children, and you shall hear, of the midnight ride of Paul Revere.” ...

Durcan’s funeral continued that ancient tradition, Fr Tonge said. He was Ireland’s poet, but he was also Ringsend’s and a ...

Paul Durcan, who has died aged 80, was a prolific and popular poet whose work was often marked by a reaction against authority and intolerance, which he found both in his relationship with his father ...

Those names, and many more ... Do you need to “understand” every beat of Paul Muldoon’s poetry in order to enjoy it? As with the work of John Ashbery, a lack of comprehension doesn ...