American Poet Magnets

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Carl Sandburg: Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

Carl Sandburg: Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

Paul Laurence Dunbar (June 27, 1872 – February 9, 1906) was an American poet, novelist, and playwright of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in Dayton, Ohio, to parents who had been enslaved in Kentucky before the American Civil War, Dunbar began to write stories and verse when still a child and was president of his high school's literary society. He published his first poems at the age of 16 in a Dayton newspaper. Much of Dunbar's more popular work in his lifetime was written in the Negro dialect associated with the antebellum South, though he wrote in several dialects, including German and the Midwestern regional dialect of James Whitcomb Riley.[1] Dunbar's work was praised by William Dean Howells, a leading editor associa...

E. E. Cummings: The hardest challenge is to be yourself in a world where everyone is trying to make you be somebody else.

Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning they Do not go gentle into that good night. Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight, And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way, Do not go gentle into that good night. Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. And you, my father, there on the sad height, Curse, bless, me now

Walt Whitman: Celebrated American poet of the 19th century, often hailed as the "Bard of Democracy." His profound verses embodied themes of individualism, nature, and the human experience, revolutionizing poetic form with his groundbreaking collection, "Leaves of Grass."

James Arthur Baldwin is an American poet, novelist, playwright, essayist and social critic. His essays, collected in the book Notes of a Native Son, explore the ins and outs of racial, sexual, and class differences that have not yet been revealed in Western society, especially in the mid-10th century in the United States.

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Jack Kerouac of the beat generation finally has a cool design. The author of famous books like, On The Road and Dharma Burns, this beat poet and french Canadian are sure to get any poet lover feeling awesome.

William Burroughs of novel acclaim because of The Naked Lunch, this beat generation poet has a cool design that will surely get any beat poet lover happy. An American novelist, a vintage love that Allen Ginsberg and visual artists all across 1950s America will adore! Postmodernism of William S Burroughs is awesome and sure to get poet lovers rejoice with awesome excitement for a Soft Machine like design.

Resist much, obey little.

Poet Mary Oliver, winner of the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize, once wrote, "Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it." White Background and Border

I can't believe what you say, because I see what you do, Black History, James Baldwin Quote James Arthur "Jimmy" Baldwin (August 2, 1924 – December 1, 1987) was an American novelist and social critic. His essays, as collected in Notes of a Native Son (1955), explore intricacies of racial, sexual, and class distinctions in Western societies, most notably in mid-20th-century America.[1] Some of Baldwin's essays are book-length, including The Fire Next Time (1963), No Name in the Street (1972), and The Devil Finds Work (1976). An unfinished manuscript, Remember This House, was expanded and adapted for cinema as the Academy Award–nominated documentary film I Am Not Your Negro.

American Writer, Beat Poet, Allen Ginsberg. Handwritten font, lettering by my own human hand!! x badlydrawnbabe

Cross My Mind Capture the Essence of Scott's Aura

Ezra Weston Loomis Pound (30 October 1885 – 1 November 1972) was an expatriate American poet and critic, a major figure in the early modernist poetry movement, and a fascist sympathizer.1 His contribution to poetry began with his development of Imagism, a movement derived from classical Chinese and Japanese poetry, stressing clarity, precision, concision, and economy of language. His works include Ripostes (1912), Hugh Selwyn Mauberley (1920) and the unfinished 120-section epic, The Cantos (1917–1969).

Paul Laurence Dunbar (June 27, 1872 – February 9, 1906) was an American poet, novelist, and playwright of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in Dayton, Ohio, to parents who had been enslaved in Kentucky before the American Civil War, Dunbar began to write stories and verse when still a child and was president of his high school's literary society. He published his first poems at the age of 16 in a Dayton newspaper. Much of Dunbar's more popular work in his lifetime was written in the Negro dialect associated with the antebellum South, though he wrote in several dialects, including German and the Midwestern regional dialect of James Whitcomb Riley.[1] Dunbar's work was praised by William Dean Howells, a leading editor associa...

Maya Angelou Text Portrait - Typographic poster with the all her book titles

Maya Angelou Text Portrait - Typographic poster with the all her book titles

Paul Laurence Dunbar (June 27, 1872 – February 9, 1906) was an American poet, novelist, and playwright of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in Dayton, Ohio, to parents who had been enslaved in Kentucky before the American Civil War, Dunbar began to write stories and verse when still a child and was president of his high school's literary society. He published his first poems at the age of 16 in a Dayton newspaper. Much of Dunbar's more popular work in his lifetime was written in the Negro dialect associated with the antebellum South, though he wrote in several dialects, including German and the Midwestern regional dialect of James Whitcomb Riley.[1] Dunbar's work was praised by William Dean Howells, a leading editor associa...

Retro James Baldwin Gold Tribute

If you like the wisdom from literary powerhouse Maya Angelou, then you'll love this inspiring quote. Cute, uplifting illustration perfect for someone who wants to stay energised and centred during this challenging time. Great gift for a fan of this wise and magnficent author or for anyone who wants to remember and share a positive message.

The Revolution Will Not Be Livestreamed design

With this image, we celebrate American rock musician Frank Zappa.

Illustration of famous American poet Emily Dickinson. Emily Dickinson is regarded as one of the greatest figures in American poetry.

Jack Kerouac Quote - "You Can't Teach The Old Maestro A New Tune"

The Bell Jar quote by Sylvia Plath: “I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am.”

The coolest Beat Generation poet just got cooler! Get this counterculture American flag man to your spiritual brother or join the Beatniks yourself! Founding father of the Beats and what an awesome writer!

With this image, we celebrate American and Jamaican poet Claude McKay who was one of the pillars of the Harlem Renaissance.

Believe nothing you hear, and only half what you see.

Arguably, Poe is the most influential American writer of all time. You can find traces of his concepts everywhere: poetry, short story, horror, comic books, sci-fi, B-movies.

Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced..

The great Maya Angelou, American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist.

So many years after, Allen Ginsberg is still an icon of counter-culture.

Ginsberg, Burroughs, Kerouac and others! In short, the Beat Generation!