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Articles about poets and poetry for young people ages 13-18.

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  • Poem Guide
    By Scott Challener

    This short poem about dreams is one of the most influential poems of the 20th century.

    Langston Hughes smoking under a bridge in Harlem, where there is a queue of taxi.
  • Poem Guide
    By Austin Allen

    How a poem about a rural stone wall quickly became part of debates on nationalism, international borders, and immigration.

    Robert Frost standing in a meadow during 1957 visit to the Gloucester area of England, where he lived with his family in the 1910s. (Photo by Howard Sochurek/The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty Images)
  • collection
    By The Editors

    Celebrating America's groundbreaking poet and his legacy.

    Steel engraving of Walt Whitman.
  • Poem Sampler
    By Benjamin Voigt

    An introduction to the work of a leading poet.

    Portrait of Marilyn Nelson in front of a river, by Scott Kahn.
  • collection
    By The Editors

    An introduction showcasing one of the most influential cultural and aesthetic movements of the last 100 years.

    LeRoi Jones leading a student protest
  • Poem Guide
    By Austin Allen

    Family, culture, and history converge in a deft poetic portrait.

    Image of Marilyn Nelson.
  • collection
    By The Editors

    An introduction to one of the most lasting styles of mid-century American poetry.

    Black and white image of John Ashbery and the New York School of poets.
  • collection
    By The Editors

    An introduction to the mid-century countercultural poets who helped define a generation.

    Black and white image of the poets Bob Donlon (Rob Donnelly), Neal Cassady, Allen Ginsberg, Robert LaVigne, and Lawrence Ferlinghetti standing outside City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco, 1956.
  • Poem Sampler
    By Sarah Ahmad & The Editors

    Reading the beloved “poet of the people”

  • collection
    By The Editors

    Contemporary poets, poems, and articles exploring the history and aesthetics of the Pacific. 

    Oil painting by John Pule.
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