Enclosure: Poem by Phillis Wheatley (October 26, 1775)
Phillis Wheatley wrote the following poem and enclosed it in a prefatory letter to George Washington, dated October 26, 1775. Washington sent the letter and poem to Joseph Reed, who later arranged to...
View ArticleDavis, D. Webster (1862–1913)
D. Webster Davis was a teacher, poet, and lecturer in Richmond and Manchester. Born into slavery, Davis became a teacher in 1879, working in Richmond public schools for thirty-three years. In 1896 he...
View ArticleThe Legend of Captaine Jones by David Lloyd (1631)
The Legend of Captaine Jones, a poem attributed to David Lloyd (1597–1663) and first published in 1631, satirizes the legend of Captain John Smith, one of the first English settlers at Jamestown. A...
View Article"To Atlas" by St. George Tucker (June 5, 1793)
In "To Atlas," published in the National Gazette in Philadelphia on June 5, 1793, St. George Tucker satires Alexander Hamilton, then the U.S. secretary of the treasury. Tucker's poem was the second in...
View Article"Resignation" by St. George Tucker (March 21, 1807)
In "Resignation," written on March 21, 1807, St. George Tucker contemplates getting older.Fri, 15 Aug 2014 16:21:10 EST
View Article"Parody" by St. George Tucker (March 20, 1781)
In "Parody," written on March 20, 1781, St. George Tucker satires a victory proclamation issued by the British general Charles Cornwallis after the Battle of Guilford Court House, fought on March 15....
View Article"To Sleep" by St. George Tucker (January 24, 1788)
In "To Sleep," written on January 24, 1788, St. George Tucker mourns the death of his wife, Frances Bland Randolph Tucker, who died on January 18.Fri, 15 Aug 2014 16:18:06 EST
View ArticleChitwood, Michael (1958– )
Michael Chitwood is a poet and essayist who grew up and was educated in Virginia. A native of the Blue Ridge Mountain town Rocky Mount, he is known as a writer of accessible lyric verse that often...
View ArticleEdmunds, Murrell (1898–1981)
Murrell Edmunds was a poet, novelist, and playwright best known for his biting irony and his strident defense of African Americans during the Jim Crow era, when legislation in Virginia and throughout...
View Article"Our massa Jefferson he say" by Anonymous (September 1, 1802)
The following poem first appeared on July 10, 1802, in the Port Folio, a Federalist literary paper published in Philadelphia. The version below was reprinted in the Richmond Recorder on September 1,...
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Berman, David (1967– )
David Berman is a Virginia-born singer-songwriter and poet who has achieved acclaim for a series of independent rock albums recorded with his band the Silver Jews and for a widely celebrated debut...
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Edmunds, Abe Craddock (1899–1959)
Abe Craddock Edmunds published to critical acclaim a number of long poems, often on historical themes, but has since been largely forgotten. After attending Randolph-Macon College and then earning a...
View Article"Uncle Gabriel"
In this African American song, "Uncle Gabriel," the singer tells the story of Gabriel's Conspiracy, an attempted uprising of slaves in Henrico County in August 1800. One of the chief conspirators, an...
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Voigt, Ellen Bryant (1943– )
Ellen Bryant Voigt is a Virginia-born poet, essayist, and teacher. She is best known as the author of seven collections of poetry, including Messenger: New and Selected Poems 1976–2006 (2007). Voigt...
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Shenandoah
Shenandoah is a literary journal published three times a year by Washington and Lee University in Lexington. Founded in 1950 by J. J. Donovan, D. C. G. Kerry, and Tom Wolfe, the journal publishes...
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Hankla, Cathryn (1958– )
Cathryn Hankla is a poet, novelist, essayist, short story writer, visual artist, and teacher, and is the author of numerous books, including the novel A Blue Moon in Poorwater (1988), which is set in...
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Poe, Edgar Allan (1809–1849)
Edgar Allan Poe was a poet, short story writer, editor, and critic. Credited by many scholars as the inventor of the detective genre in fiction, he was a master at using elements of mystery,...
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"The Lie" (ca. 1590s)
"The Lie," by Sir Walter Raleigh, was likely composed in the 1590s, after falling out with his beloved Queen Elizabeth. Raleigh secretly married one of Elizabeth's Maids-of-Honor on November 19, 1591,...
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"The Conclusion" by Sir Walter Raleigh (1618)
This poem by Sir Walter Raleigh, "The Conclusion," is thought to be a revision of an earlier verse by him. The changes, believed to have been made shortly before his execution on October 29, 1618, are...
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"A Vision Upon this Concept of the Faery Queene" by Sir Walter Raleigh (1590)
This sonnet, "A Vision Upon this Concept of the Faery Queene," was written by Sir Walter Raleigh and published as a commendatory verse at the beginning of Edmund Spenser's epic The Faerie Queen (1590)....
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