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Campbell worked as a women's page editor for The Gleaner, a monthly newspaper published by the Gleaner Life Insurance Society, until 1918. [3]The Detroit News hired Campbell in 1922 in response to the popularity of Edgar Guest, who at the time was writing a daily poem for the Detroit Free Press. [1]
"To This Day" is a 2011 spoken word poem written by Shane Koyczan. [1] [2] In the poem, Koyczan talks about bullying he and others received during their lives and its deep, long-term impact. [3] Koyczan first came to international notice when he read his poetry at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics' Opening Ceremony. [4]
"School Prayer" is a poem written by American poet and naturalist Diane Ackerman; [1] it is the first of 50 poems in Ackerman's book I Praise My Destroyer, [2] which was published in 1998. "School Prayer" is a pledge to protect and revere nature, in every form it may appear.
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In autumn 2021, the School of English at Queen's University opened the Longley Room to honour the poet and his wife. The university also established the Michael Longley scholarship fund, offering two scholarships each year to poetry students of particular merit.
And Still I Rise is Maya Angelou's third volume of poetry. She studied and began writing poetry at a young age. [1] After her rape at the age of eight, as recounted in her first autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969), she dealt with her trauma by memorizing and reciting great works of literature, including poetry, which helped bring her out of her self-imposed muteness.
Margaret Walker (Margaret Abigail Walker Alexander by marriage; July 7, 1915 – November 30, 1998) was an American poet and writer. She was part of the African-American literary movement in Chicago, known as the Chicago Black Renaissance.
Jose B. Gonzalez is a Latino poet and educator.. Gonzalez authored the poetry collections, Toys Made of Rock (Bilingual Review Press, 2015), [1] and When Love Was Reels (Arte Public Press, 2017), [2] and with John S. Christie, served as Co-Editor of Latino Boom: An Anthology of U.S. Latino Literature. [3]