U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo has authored numerous books of poetry, two children's books and a memoir, Crazy Brave. She is a member of the Mvskoke Nation. Shawn Miller/Library of Congress hide caption
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Dancing In Colombia by Fernando Botero. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and ABRAMS Books hide caption
Poet Richard Wilbur, shown at his home in Cummington, Mass., in 2006, died on Saturday at the age of 96. Wilbur, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and translator, intrigued and delighted generations of readers and theatergoers through his rhyming editions of Moliere and his own verse on memory, writing and nature. Nancy Palmieri/AP hide caption
Finally, A Book Of Poetry For Kids Who Are 'Just No Good At Rhyming'
Dickinson vividly described flowers and plants in her poetry. Click here to read her poem, "It will be Summer — eventually." Courtesy of the Emily Dickinson Museum hide caption
Never Mind The White Dress, Turns Out Emily Dickinson Had A Green Thumb
Chilean writer and poet Pablo Neruda, after being awarded the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature. STF/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
For Carl Phillips, Poetry Is Experience Transformed — Not Transcribed
Irish poet and playwright William Bulter Yeats was born on June 13, 1865. Corbis hide caption
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, pictured here in 2004, was the principal publisher of the writers and poets known as the Beat Generation. Gezett/ullstein bild via Getty Images hide caption
At 96, Poet And Beat Publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti Isn't Done Yet
Poet Allen Ginsberg reads his poem "Howl" outside the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., Oct. 19, 1994, before a hearing on the constitutionality of a FCC policy restricting indecent material. Dennis Cook/AP hide caption
I Saw The All-Stars Of Our Generation Honor Allen Ginsberg's 'Howl'
Philip Levine grew up on the outskirts of Detroit and began writing poetry when he was just 13 years old. "It was like I had never enjoyed anything in my life so much," he said. "It was utterly thrilling. I began to live for it." Gary Kazanjian/AP hide caption
Philip Levine, Who Found Poetry On Detroit's Assembly Lines, Dies At 87
Amiri Baraka Didn't Worry About His Politics Overpowering His Poetry
"I became a poet in Pittsburgh," says, poet and University of Pittsburgh professor Terrance Hayes, pictured above at his home. Courtesy of the John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation hide caption
MacArthur Fellow Terrance Hayes: Poems Are Music, Language Our Instrument
Edward Hirsch has written several books of poetry, including For the Sleepwalkers, Wild Gratitude and Special Orders. Courtesy of Knopf hide caption
Irish poet William Butler Yeats makes a recording for the radio. Scroll down to hear him read his poem "The Lake Isle of Innisfree." Culture Club/Getty Images hide caption
