When I heard the learn’d astronomer, When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me, When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add,… Read more "“When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer,” Walt Whitman"

in my younger years before i learned black people aren’t suppose to dream i wanted to be a raelet and say “dr o wn d in my… Read more "“Dreams,” Nikki Giovanni"

        For Detroit   There are birds here, so many birds here is what I was trying to say when they said those birds… Read more "“There Are Birds Here,” Jamaal May"

I Celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. I loafe and… Read more "“Song of Myself,” Walt Whitman (section 1 only)"

Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though… Read more "“Do not go gentle into that good night,” Dylan Thomas"

If you can keep your head when all about you     Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men… Read more "“If-” by Rudyard Kipling"

Out of the night that covers me,       Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be       For my unconquerable soul. In the… Read more "“Invictus,” William Ernest Henley"