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F.A. Day Library: Poets & Poetry

 

 

 

 

Performances of Young American Poets 

 

 

Deah Chappell

"Black Lives Matter (Poem)"

 

Franny Choi 

"Split Mouth" 

 

Natalie Diaz 

"They Don't Love You Like I Love You"

 

Safia Elhillo

"To Make Use of Water"

 

Amanda Gorman

Using Your Voice is a Political Choice

TED-Ed Student Talk

 

Malcolm London

"High School Training Ground"

 

Hieu Minh Nguyen

"Notes on Staying"

 

Aja Monet

"Say Her Name" 

 

Aaron Samuels

"Covered In Grass"

 

Yosimar Reyes  

Poem

 

Clint Smith 

"The Only Black Kid in Class" 

 

Danez Smith

"Dear White America" 

 

Orlando White 

"LETTERRS" 

 

Other Important Poets You May (or May Not) Know

Maya Angelou             Amiri Baraka

Arna Bontemps           Rita Dove

Joy Harjo                    Juan Felipe Herrera

Langston Hughes       Nikki Giovanni            

Nikki Grimes               Li-Young Lee

Sueyeun Juliette Lee  Naomi Shihab Nye    

Sonia Sanchez          Tracey K. Smith         

Natasha Trethewey    Alice Walker            

 

Classic Poets

 

 

E.E.Cummings

Poetry Foundation

Poets.org

Poetry Archived.org

Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Poetry Foundation

Poets.org

City Lights Bookstore

   

Sylvia Plath

Poetry Foundation

Poets.org

Poetry Archive

  

Edgar Allen Poe

Poetry Foundation

Poets.org

Poe Museum

William Shakespeare

Poetry Foundation

Poets.org

Poetry Archive

   

Henry David Thoreau

Poets.org

Thoreau Society

University of Santa Clara

   

Phillis Wheatley

Poetry Foundation

Poets.org

MASS History.org

PBS

   

William Wordsworth

Poetry Foundation

Poets.org

BBC

  

 

   

 

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