Nobility – A Poem by Alice Cary
This 1849 poem by Alice Cary is widely quoted, especially for the line “For he who is honest is noble“. Nobility is a…
East Coker – A Poem by T. S. Eliot
East Coker is the second poem of T. S. Eliot‘s 1943 book Four Quartets, one of the pillar books of this great poet. Its key…
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings – A Poem by Maya Angelou
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings is a powerful poem by Maya Angelou, the renowned US poet and civil rights activist who…
What Work Is – A Poem by Philip Levine
What Work is, is a poem by Philip Levine, an American poet often considered the poetic voice of the American working class. It…
