Famous Poets By: Aristyn Sanders

One of Robert Frosts Poems Robert Frost He describes New England nature in his poems “Birches’ and ‘Mending Wall” He portrays a winter scene in “Stopping by Woods on a snowy Evening He also wrote “The Road Not Taken” He read his poem “The Gift Outright” at President Kennedy’s inauguration NOTE: To change images on this slide, select a picture and delete it. Then click the Insert Picture icon in the placeholder to insert your own image.

E.E Cummings poem “I Carry Your Heart with Me” NOTE: To change images on this slide, select a picture and delete it. Then click the Insert Picture icon in the placeholder to insert your own image. E.E Cummings He was known for his unusual punctuation He wrote the poems “Somewhere I Have Never Traveled’’ and “I Carry Your Heart With Me.’’

NOTE: To change images on this slide, select a picture and delete it. Then click the Insert Picture icon in the placeholder to insert your own image. Carl Sandburg's poem Fog Carl Sandburg Two of his famous poems were “Fog” and “Chicago” He wrote the poems a six- volume biography of Abraham Lincoln

Shel Silverstein This poet and songwriter’s early works included A Giraffe and a half and Uncle Shelby’s ABZ He collected his poems in Falling Up, A Light in the Attic, and Where the Sidewalk Ends He wrote and illustrated The Giving Tree Shel Silverstein poem A Giraffe and a Half

Phyllis Wheatley This poet was born in Africa before being brought to America She was taught to read and write by the Boston family that owned her She was the first African American poet to have her poems published in America A poem of Phyllis Wheatley