Poetry

T. S. Eliot in Love and Los Angeles: A Photo Essay

The following piece on poet and Nobel Prize laureate T. S. Eliot (1888-1965), whose birthday is on Sept. 26, was written…

12 months ago

W. B. Yeats: Poet, playwright and…fascist?

Adolf Hitler was a fascist, Joseph Stalin a totalitarian, and the famous Irish poet, William Butler Yeats (W. B. Yeats) (1865-1939)…

1 year ago

T. S. Eliot’s Collection of Whimsical Poems Is a Cat’s Meow

Although he is best known for somber poems like “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” and The Waste Land,…

1 year ago

I am. I am. I am. Sylvia Plath

The legend of American poet Sylvia Plath, only 30 years old when she died in 1963, has grown in the…

1 year ago

A triple crown winner—but a different kind of thoroughbred

Forty-one summers have passed since that once-only event when a single writer, a poet, won the trio of the most…

4 years ago

New Website Shines Light on Literary Genius T. S. Eliot

In 1915, T. S. Eliot (1888–1965) rocked the literary world with the publication of a poem titled The Love Song of…

6 years ago

Not Just The Belle of Amherst: Martha Nell Smith on Emily Dickinson’s "Deep and Abundant" Poetry

An American poet known for her unconventional use of form and syntax, Emily Dickinson (1830–1886) wrote nearly 2000 poems, most of which…

7 years ago

"A Great Symphony in a Minor Key:" David Chinitz Tunes in to "The Musical Quality" of T.S. Eliot’s Writing

An American poet who expatriated to Great Britain, Nobel Prize recipient Thomas Stearns Eliot, better known as T. S. Eliot (1888–1965), is widely…

7 years ago

Roy Foster: W. B. Yeats’ Poetic Voice “Uses Tradition and Modernity”

Irish poet, dramatist, and prose writer, William Butler (W. B.) Yeats (1865–1939), is considered to this day as one of the greatest…

8 years ago

The Road Taken: Jay Parini on the “Deepest, Darkest Side” of Robert Frost’s Poetry

Robert Frost (1874-1963) was one of the most popular American poets of the 20th century, whose poems were rooted in New…

9 years ago