Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American poet and thinker whose Transcendentalist philosophy celebrated individuality, nature, and spiritual freedom.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an American poet whose lyrical storytelling and moral vision made him one of the most beloved voices of the 19th century.
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe was an American poet and writer whose haunting works of beauty, loss, and the macabre shaped Gothic and modern literature.
Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman was an American poet whose revolutionary work Leaves of Grass celebrated democracy, the human body, and the spirit of individuality.
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson was an American poet whose reclusive life and visionary verse reshaped modern poetry with insight into death, faith, and the soul.