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The poet navigates the unknown world.

Anne Bradstreet became a cultural icon for speaking out. Anne Hutchinson was banished.

Does a notoriously grumpy poet believe in everlasting love?

The poet puts her vast imagination on display at the beach.

Lucille Clifton celebrates self-discovery in “won’t you celebrate with me.”

Exploring the spiritual in the great master's ode to architecture.

What happens when metaphor meets a monument?

Was her first poem her best?

Touch, risk, trust, improvisation—“the intellect as powerhouse of love.”

A poem from the Great Depression reveals the egalitarian nature of pleasure—and the formal innovation of a modernist master.