Born in the USA - The New York City Poets

Poetry. A form of words that seems so elegantly simple in one verse and so cleverly complex in another. Each poet has a particular style, an individual and unique way with words and yet each of us seems to recognise the path and destination of where the verses lead, even if sometimes the full comprehension may be a little beyond us.Through the centuries every culture has produced verse to symbolize and to describe everything from everyday life, natural wonders, the human condition and even in its more hubristic moments, the crushing triumph of an enemy.In the volumes of this series we take a look through the prism of individual regions of the United States through the centuries and decades.The United States may be many things: the world's policeman, a bully, a shameless purveyor of mass market culture but it also, in its better moments, a standard bearer for truth, transparency, equality and the more positive qualities of democracy.Little wonder that's its poets are rightly acknowledged as wonders of their art. Leading lights in the fight against slavery and for equality, even if the rest of the Nation is finding it problematic to catch up. In this volume we have collected verse from poets born in one of the most famous cities in the World: New York. Within its five boroughs are a small universe of wonder and magic, a kaleidoscope of almost everything the planet has to offer. In past times New York was a gateway to a new land and a new future whatever the misery and tragedy of your former life. Of course, this golden vision was not attained by everyone. But our local poets, including such luminaries as Emma Lazarus, Herman Melville, Edith Wharton, Alice Duer Miller, and Alan Seeger bring vision and truth to this unrivalled city and its hallowed status in the world of verse.1 - Born in the USA. The New York City Poets. Exploring American Poetry - An Introduction2 - September by George Arnold3 - October by George Arnold4 - A Chant of Love for England by Helen Gray Cone5 - Rheims Cathedral, 1914 by Grace Hazard Conkling6 - To the Dead in the Graveyard Underneath My Window by Adelaide Crapsey7 - Keats by Adelaide Crapsey8 - The Revolt of Mother by Alice Duer Miller9 - To the Night Breeze by Alice & Caroline Duer10 - Nathan Hale by Francis Miles Finch11 - The Wild Honey Suckle by Phillip Freneau12 - A Political Litany by Philip Freneau13 - To the Memory of the Americans Who Fell at Eutaw by Philip Freneau14 - Mother's Day Proclamation by Julia Ward Howe15 - Battle Hymn of the Republic by Julia Ward Howe16 - This Curse by Henry James17 - Old Manuscript by Alfred Kreymborg18 - Cradle by Alfred Kreymborg19 - The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus20 - A June Night by Emma Lazarus21 - Assurance by Emma Lazarus22 - Evil In Design by Emma Lazarus23 - America by Herman Melville24 - Dupont's Round Fight (November 1861) by Herman Melville25 - Look-Out Mountain by Herman Melville26 - Shiloh by Herman Melville27 - The Portent by Herman Melville28 - A Visit From St Nicholas (T'Was The Night Before Christmas) by Clement Moore29 - Aspiration by Henrietta Cordelia Ray30 - Life by Henrietta Cordelia Ray31 - Silent Thoughts by Charles Lewis Reason32 - The Spirit Voice or Liberty Call to The Disfranchised by Charles Lewis Reason33 - I Have a Rendezvous with Death by Alan Seeger34 - Resurgam by Alan Seeger35 - Sonnet 12 by Alan Seeger36 - At the Tomb of Napoleon by Alan Seeger37 - Battle Sleep by Edith Wharton38 - Survival by Edith Wharton39 - Non Dolet by Edith Wharton40 - Terminus by Edith Wharton41 - The Bread of Angels by Edith Wharton