Single Author Collections
Candle-Lightin' Time
Poetry about African American Southern life - Summary by Denise Ray
Four Phases of Love
Paul Heyse was selected as the 1910 Nobel Laureate in Literature in recognition of " ... his long productive career as a lyric poet, dr…
Goblins and Pagodas
John Gould Fletcher (1886 – 1950) is considered by many literary scholars to be among the most innovative twentieth-century poets. He enjoye…
The Chinese Nightingale and Other Poems
This is a collection of poems on various topics by Vachel Lindsay.Please note that the Booker T. Washington trilogy had to be omitted from t…
Sonnets
This is an excellent selection of introspective, inspirational and remarkably compelling sonnets from one of the greatest poets of the ninet…
A Selection from the Sonnets of William Wordsworth
This is a very impressive collection of some of the best sonnets from the pen of the incomparable William Wordsworth. The appreciation that …
Last Poems
"I publish these poems, few though they are, because it is not likely that I shall ever be impelled to write much more. I can no longer…
Sonnets
It has been observed that within the narrow confines of a sonnet the mind can turn around but cannot take flight. Some of Millay’s sonnets, …
The Presence of Love
Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an English poet, literary critic and philosopher who, with his friend William Wordsworth, was a founder of the R…
Poems of Puncture
Amanda McKittrick Ros’s poetry and prose have earned notoriety for their highly individual syntax, creative punctuation, unique diction, and…
Astrophel and Stella
Sonnet sequences, which these poems by Sidney made very popular in the Elizabethan age, reflected the Medieval motif of courtly love, whereb…
Lucasta
"Lucasta" is of Latin origin meaning "Pure Light". Besides the dedication of the first poem to his wife, Anne Lovelace, …
Wilderness
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of Wilderness by Carl Sandburg.This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for July 11, 2021. ----…
Rupert Brooke
A number of poems by Rupert Brooke, collected and published in 1925. - Summary by KevinS
The Pale Woman
Sara Bard Field was a poet from Ohio who spent most of her life in California. She was a suffragist, a Christian socialist, a Georgist and a…
Selected Poems
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz was a nun, poet, dramatist and composer from Mexico. These poems were translated by Muna Lee, Peter H. Gold…
A Happy New Year
This is a collection of 27 poems, some seasonal to New Years and Christmas, but others on themes of religion, nature and home. (Summary by L…
Poems
Poet Duncan M. Matheson lived in troubled times. These were times of World War I and its accompanying carnage, privation and pervasive adver…
Selected Poems of Waring Cuney
Waring Cuney was a poet who also trained as a musician. These poems were published between 1916 and 1929. - Summary by Newgatenovelist
Rhymes of the Rockies
The author worked as a dude wrangler Glacier National Park and lived on his ranch near Eureka, Monatana. This is the first book of his poem…