Poetry by individual poets

Charlotte Turner Smith was born on May 4th 1749 in London.

Amy Levy was born in London, England in 1861, the second of seven in a fairly wealthy Anglo-Jewish family.

In the small village of Haworth in Yorkshire the Bronte family created novels and poems that are still admired to this day around the world.

Born on November 5th 1850 in Johnstown, Wisconsin, Ella Wheeler was the youngest of four children.

Stephen Crane was born November 1, 1871 in Newark New Jersey.

Letitia Elizabeth Landon was born on 14 August 1802 in Chelsea, London.

William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939) is best described as Ireland's national poet in addition to being one of the major twentieth-century literary figures of the English tongue.

Michael Drayton was born in 1563 at Hartshill, near Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England.

Born on November 5th 1850 in Johnstown, Wisconsin, Ella Wheeler was the youngest of four children.

Elinor Morton Wylie was born on September 7, 1885 in Somerville, New Jersey, An accomplished poet and novelist she was also know for her ethereal beauty and her scandalous lifestyle.

Anne Killigrew was born in early 1660.

Born on November 5th 1850 in Johnstown, Wisconsin, Ella Wheeler was the youngest of four children.

One of the greatest of English poets, Edmund Spenser was born in East Smithfield, London, in 1552.

Poet and author James Whitcomb Riley was born on October 7th 1849 in Greenfield, Indiana.

Edmund Spenser was born in 1552 in East Smithfield, London.

In the small village of Haworth in Yorkshire the Bronte family created novels and poems that are still admired to this day around the world.

Michael Drayton was born in 1563 at Hartshill, near Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England.

In the small village of Haworth in Yorkshire the Bronte family created novels and poems that are still admired to this day around the world.

Edmund Spenser was born in 1552 in East Smithfield, London.

Born on November 5th 1850 in Johnstown, Wisconsin, Ella Wheeler was the youngest of four children.

Charles Kingsley was born on June 12th 1819 in Holne Devon, a region of the Country for which he is now most associated.

Born on November 5th 1850 in Johnstown, Wisconsin, Ella Wheeler was the youngest of four children.

Born on November 5th 1850 in Johnstown, Wisconsin, Ella Wheeler was the youngest of four children.

Robert Bridges was born in Walmer, Kent on the 23rd of October 1844.

One of the greatest of English poets, Edmund Spenser was born in East Smithfield, London, in 1552.

Born on November 5th 1850 in Johnstown, Wisconsin, Ella Wheeler was the youngest of four children.

Born in Glasgow, Thomas Campbell was the youngest son of Alexander Campbell, of the Campbells of Kirnan, Argyll.

Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore was born on July 23rd 1823 at Woodford in Essex.

Emily Pauline Johnson was born in Chiefswood, on the Six Nations Indian Reserve near Brantford Ontario in 1856, the youngest of four children.

Poet and author James Whitcomb Riley was born on October 7th 1849 in Greenfield, Indiana.

Born on November 5th 1850 in Johnstown, Wisconsin, Ella Wheeler was the youngest of four children.

Born on November 5th 1850 in Johnstown, Wisconsin, Ella Wheeler was the youngest of four children.

In the small village of Haworth in Yorkshire the Bronte family created novels and poems that are still admired to this day around the world.

Robert Bridges was born in Walmer, Kent on the 23rd of October 1844.

He was born in Middletown, Connecticut, to Alanson and Amelia (Forbes) Work.

Emily Pauline Johnson was born in Chiefswood, on the Six Nations Indian Reserve near Brantford Ontario in 1856, the youngest of four children.

Born on November 5th 1850 in Johnstown, Wisconsin, Ella Wheeler was the youngest of four children.

Born on November 5th 1850 in Johnstown, Wisconsin, Ella Wheeler was the youngest of four children.

In this series we look at individual poets who have shaped and influenced their craft and cement their place in our heritage.

Poet and author James Whitcomb Riley was born on October 7th 1849 in Greenfield, Indiana.

One of the greatest of English poets, Edmund Spenser was born in East Smithfield, London, in 1552.

Poet and author James Whitcomb Riley was born on October 7th 1849 in Greenfield, Indiana.

Elinor Morton Wylie was born on September 7, 1885 in Somerville, New Jersey, An accomplished poet and novelist she was also know for her ethereal beauty and her scandalous lifestyle.

Born on November 5th 1850 in Johnstown, Wisconsin, Ella Wheeler was the youngest of four children.

Joyce Kilmer was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey on December 6, 1886, the youngest of four children.

Born on November 5th 1850 in Johnstown, Wisconsin, Ella Wheeler was the youngest of four children.

William Shakespeare is rightly regarded as English Literature's supreme talent.

Phillis Wheatley was the first published African American poet.

One of the greatest of English poets, Edmund Spenser was born in East Smithfield, London, in 1552.

Born on November 5th 1850 in Johnstown, Wisconsin, Ella Wheeler was the youngest of four children.