American poetry refers to the poetry of the United States. It arose first as efforts by American colonists to add their voices to English poetry in the 17th century, well before the constitutional uni
2013 in poetry
…Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: January 10 – Evan S. Connell, Jr., 88 (born 1924) American novelist, poet and short-story writer. January 20 – Toyo Shibata, 101 (born 1911), female Japanese poet…
Emily Dickinson
Title page of second (posthumous) edition of Anne Bradstreet's poems, 1678
Phillis Wheatley, a slave, wrote poetry during the colonial period.