The best growing-up poems Previously, we’ve selected some classic poems about childhood and some poems about old age. Now, it’s the turn of adolescence and teenage years: those crucial formative years when we’re leaving childhood behind and adulthood is beginning to knock on the door. We hope you enjoy these […]
There’s a long, and strong, tradition of African-American writing stretching back centuries, and the annals of literature are filled with amazing African-American poets and poems. Below, we introduce just ten of the very best poems by African-American poets, covering over 250 years. Which important poet or poets have we missed […]
The best poems by William Carlos Williams William Carlos Williams (1883-1963) was a prolific American poet, so picking just ten of his best poems by way of introduction to his work is always going to be a difficult task. However, below we introduce ten of Williams’s best-known and, we believe, […]