The Stories Behind 15 Poems We All Learned in School
(via Mental Floss) Part of the reason why certain poems can endure for centuries is because the poets themselves are inspired
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Confessions of a Poet-for-Hire
(via Atlas Obscura) Brian Sonia-Wallace is about to become the first-ever Writer-in-Residence at the Mall of America. And this isn’t
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The Story Behind the Poem on the Statue of Liberty
(via mental_floss) Today, the lines engraved in bronze on the base of the Statue of Liberty are almost as well-known
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