In this short but powerful poem, Angelou evokes the image of “blackness” as a nurturing, protective force. For many readers, this poem is a metaphor for the strength and resilience of African ...

We’ve got you covered with both short poems and excerpts ... but the watchman may be a bit too good at his job. This Christmas poem is much longer than the two-stanza excerpt above, but you ...

All of these incredible poems are worth checking out, but in terms of memorability and impact, these particular ones are among the best ... story at volume 20. A short but also incredibly ...

A researcher — who was looking for something else — stumbled onto two poems by Virginia Woolf. The silly, punny, quickly ...

Among Rossetti’s best known poems is this short work about one of the plants most associated with the Christmas season. Our idea of what Santa Claus looks like comes from a variety of places ...

To capture their experiences, Save the Children invited children from countries around the world to write short poems about COVID-19 ... I dream about seeing my best friend and then us going to the ...

“Romantic Poet,” by Diane Seuss, is one of the best things that ... He was dishonest, smelly and short. Not your type at all. Get over him. The rebuttal in the poem’s last line can be ...