When you look at me what is it that you see? Is it the thoughts of my past, the future you would prefer to have, or could it possibly be the present I am honoring. My skin, my face, and my ...

Take a look at some of these classic Shel Silverstein poems. Make no mistake ... (Looking at you, "Giving Tree.") Once in a while, you’ll see that Shel has a certain dark humor that somehow ...

This poem by Langston Hughes was ... By Langston Hughes I look at the world From awakening eyes in a black face — And this is what I see: This fenced-off narrow space Assigned to me.

If you read the full poem, you’ll see these sentiments again and again: “Act,—act in the living Present!” writes Longfellow, ...

"I cannot see your ... I mean, you look at it and you wonder: What is he doing with all that stuff on a hot dog? It makes you want to turn [the page.]" There were more than 1,500 poems to choose ...

Today's average poem (if there ... have a lot of book to look forward to. Her latest is a doorstopper, a kind of impractical almanac of avant-garde poetry: It won't tell you when it's going ...

Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear and Spike Milligan are good authors to read if you like nonsense poetry. Watch this short clip to learn about what nonsense poetry is and see an example. When I was ...