classic American poetry

Lyric-Scroll 028 : Ars Poetica by Archibald MacLeish: When Poems Were Told to Shut Up and Just Exist

A Poem Where Silence Talks Louder, Meaning Retires, and the Lines Try Not to Mean… Anything ABS Believes:Some poems don’t want to be understood. They want to stand in the corner looking timeless and mysterious.Poetry isn’t supposed to explain. It’s supposed to haunt. MacLeish: The Poet Who Gagged the Poem and Called It Art Archibald […]

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Lyric-Scroll 021 : Mother to Son: When Langston Hughes Turned a Staircase into a Survival Manual

A Poem Where Life Isn’t Crystal, But You Better Climb It Anyway ABS Believes:Life won’t lay down a carpet—it’ll throw you a splintered staircase and expect grace in every limp.Sometimes the most powerful poetry comes from a tired woman who didn’t ask for metaphors but had plenty. Langston Hughes: The Bard of Bare Truths Langston

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Lyric-Scroll 019 : O Captain! My Captain!: When Walt Whitman Turned Lincoln into a Metaphor and America into a Shipwreck

A Poem That Cheers the End of the War and Then Weeps All Over the Deck ABS Believes:Grief doesn’t always scream—it sometimes comes in perfect rhyme and sea-washed uniform.Nothing says “celebration” like your captain bleeding through the finale. Walt Whitman: The Bard Who Loved America (and Grieved It Loudly) Whitman, usually known for free verse

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Lyric-Scroll 018: I, Too: When Langston Hughes Invited Himself to the Table—and Brought the Future with Him

I Too by Langston Hughes analysis, A Poem That Doesn’t Shout, Just Smiles and Waits for Justice to Show Up Late ABS Believes:Sometimes protest doesn’t roar. It hums in a kitchen, grows in silence, and shows up shining.Poetic resistance can come in five lines and still steal the scene. Langston Hughes: The Quiet Thunder of

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