Walt Whitman is considered one of the greatest poets in American history. Born the second of nine children in straitened circumstances in New York in 1819, he left school at age 11 to help support his ...
Namely, the lines, “Rose is my colour, and white/Pretty mouth and green my eyes.” These lines were taken from a poem that Arthur once wrote to his wife, which he then comes to regret when learning of ...
Perhaps Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha’s most threatening weapon against Israel in its relentless and devastating bombardment of Gaza is his pen. But that very pen could also be what puts him in the ...