The native of Puerto Rico is a founder of one of New York City's oldest poetry centers -- The Nuyorican Poets Caf.

VOA: special.2009.04.27

He died in eighteen ninety-two. But if we can believe his poetry, death held no terrors for him.

VOA: special.2009.04.12

Barack Obama's inaugural ceremony will include poetry by Elizabeth Alexander and music by singer Aretha Franklin, violinist Itzhak Perlman and cellist Yo-Yo Ma.

VOA: special.2009.01.19

He was thirty-six years old when he published his first book of poetry in eighteen fifty-five.

VOA: special.2009.04.12

When she was in school, she loved to study poetry, which has influenced her song-writing.

VOA: special.2010.08.11

A book of his poetry,The Marble Faun, was published in nineteen-twenty-four.

VOA: special.2010.01.03

She released her first book of poetry in nineteen sixty-nine.

VOA: special.2010.04.18

Poetry feeds my soul. Poetry is comforting and soothing, and it's awe-inspiring as a glimpse of rainbow, which should come as no surprise since poems and rainbows have something in common.

VOA: special.2009.10.12

While there,she studied the teachings of the Koran, the scriptures of Advaita Vedanta - a form of Hindu philosophy - and the poetry of 13th century philosopher Jelaluddin Rumi.

VOA: standard.2010.05.21

Today it is a museum. Inside are precious artifacts from the family's daily life, including scraps of hand-written poetry and the manuscript of a polonaise written by young Frederic when he was eight-years-old.

VOA: standard.2010.03.04