"I Saw in Louisiana a Live-Oak Growing" by Walt Whitman : The Poetry Foundation

Read the poem I Saw in Louisiana A Live-Oak Growing by Walt Whitman : The Poetry Foundation

Walt Whitman (1819-1892)

American poet

(born on this day in 1819)

"Because I could not stop for Death -- " by Emily Dickinson : The Poetry Foundation

Read the poem Because I could not stop for Death by American poet Emily Dickinson, who died on this day in 1886.

Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)

The Lips and Kiss and Sin Scene From Franco Zeffirelli's "Romeo and Juliet"

"The Jumblies" by Edward Lear (born 5/12/1812) : The Poetry Foundation

The Jumblies by Edward Lear : The Poetry Foundation

"Leaving the Island" by Linda Pastan / Poem of the Day : The Poetry Foundation

Listen to a recording of a woman reading this poem by Linda Pastan: Leaving the Island / Poem of the Day : The Poetry Foundation

Linda Pastan

American poet
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"The Great Blue Heron" by Carolyn Kizer : Poetry Magazine

Read this poem: The Great Blue Heron by Carolyn Kizer : Poetry Magazine

"The Great Blue Heron" by Carolyn Kizer is a poem for Mother's Day, which this year is today.

"Watch Repair" by Charles Simic : The Poetry Foundation

On this day in 1938, poet Charles Simic was born. Read this poem of his: Watch Repair by Charles Simic : The Poetry Foundation

Read a biography of Charles Simic.

"A Maul for Bill and Cindy's Wedding" by Gary Snyder / Poem of the Day : The Poetry Foundation

American poet Gary Snyder was born on this day in 1930. Read this poem of his: A Maul for Bill and Cindy's Wedding

"My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning : The Poetry Foundation

Read this poem: My Last Duchess by Robert Browning : The Poetry Foundation

"My Last Duchess" by English poet Robert Browning (1812-1889) was reprinted in The Pocket Mystery Reader (1942), edited by Lee Wright.

Robert Browning

was born on this day in 1812.

"The Woman at the Washington Zoo" by Randall Jarrell (born 5/6/1914) : The Poetry Foundation

The Woman at the Washington Zoo by Randall Jarrell : The Poetry Foundation

"I started Early – Took my Dog – " by Emily Dickinson / Poem of the Day : The Poetry Foundation

Listen to a recording of someone reading this poem by American poet Emily Dickinson (1830-1886): I started Early – Took my Dog – (656) / Poem of the Day : The Poetry Foundation

Emily Dickinson

"Sonnet: On Being Cautioned Against Walking on an Headland Overlooking the Sea, Because It Was Frequented by a Lunatic: by Charlotte Smith : The Poetry Foundation

Sonnet: On Being Cautioned Against Walking on an Headland Overlooking the Sea, Because It Was Frequented by a Lunatic by Charlotte Smith : The Poetry Foundation

"Humpty Dumpty" by May Sarton (born 5/3/1912) / August 1949 : Poetry Magazine

August 1949 : Poetry Magazine



"For me a true poem is on the way when I begin to be haunted, when it seems as if I were being asked an inescapable question by an angel with whom I must wrestle to get at the answer." --May Sarton

"Spring Day" by Amy Lowell : The Poetry Foundation

Read this classic prose poem by a famous American poet and critic: Spring Day by Amy Lowell : The Poetry Foundation

Japanese haiku: "Spring Day" by Issa (Translator unknown)

SPRING DAY
by Issa
(Translated, from the Japanese, by an unknown translator)

The spring day closes,
Lingering
Where there is water.


Source: Cavalcade of Poems (1968), edited by George Bennett and Paul Molloy