The Top 10 Poets – The American Men

By: Walt Whitman, Edgar Allan Poe, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Vachel Lindsay, James Weldon Johnson, Stephen Vincent Benét, Henry David Thoreau, Herman Melville

Narrated by: Eric Meyers, John-Michael MacDonald, Warren Keyes

The language of Poetry is an art that most of us attempt at some point in our lives. Although its commonplace exposure has been somewhat marginalised in today’s often fast-paced lives we all recognise good verse that can empathise with our thoughts or open us up to experience new things in new ways, to better understand and to enjoy the many strands of our lives.

But finding a starting point can be overwhelming, even off-putting, so in this series we offer up our Top 10 classic poets, who brim with talent and verse, on a range of subjects and themes that we can all enjoy.

Leviathans stride the poetic stage, known to us all and revered by many. Their verse is at once familiar and yet constantly reveals new layers and depths, new ways of thinking and assembling words to reveal new truths, new feelings and above all new poetry.

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