Bertrand N. O. Walker, who published his poems under his Wyandot name, Hen-toh, was born in 1870.

Reading the Poem: Silently read the poem “ Let America Be America Again ” by Langston Hughes. What do you notice about the ...

Listening to the Poem: Enlist two volunteers and listen as the poem is read aloud twice. Write down any additional words and ...

Tanaya Winder is an author, a singer, and a motivational speaker from an intertribal lineage of Southern Ute, Pyramid Lake Paiute, and Duckwater Shoshone Nations, where she is an enrolled citizen. We ...

Warm-up: (free-write) What does this time of year make you think about? Why? What images or ideas come to mind? Why? Share your writing with a classmate or small group. Reading the Poem: Silently read ...

Allison Joseph is the author of Confessions of a Barefaced Woman (Red Hen Press, 2018). She lives in Carbondale, Illinois. “This poem is inspired by the great songwriter and American treasure Paul ...

Of Morning blushing in the early skies. And in her voice, the calling of the dove; Like music of a sweet, melodious part. And in her smile, the breaking light of love; And all the gentle virtues in ...

Leonard Bacon, a poet, translator, critic, and professor, was born in 1887 in Solvay, New York. He came from a family of Congregationalist ministers, including the clergymen relatives for which he was ...