poet

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The opera was composed by Still with a libretto from the Missouri-born poet, playwright, novelist and social activist Langston Hughes, who connected Haiti’s struggle for freedom to his home country’s.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Cullen, who is currently working on her fourth poetry collection, said she often returns to a quote from the late American poet and activist Audre Lorde.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Paul Celan survived the Holocaust and became the most consequential postwar German-language poet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Kristie Frederick Daugherty, a Swiftie, poet and author, says Swift-centric forums she's part of across Facebook, Instagram, Substack and Reddit feature fans showing "a ton of respect for the privacy that she's wanting".

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Pindar, the greatest lyric poet of Greece, began to write toward the end of the sixth century.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton