Category: Literature

19th century, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, Classic Fiction, Literature, Romance, Short Stories, women writers

January 12, 2026

Violets

“Fresh and sweet, but you have come too late.” In this tender 1895 short story, Alice Dunbar-Nelson uses a simple bouquet of violets to tell a story of lost love, regret, and the memories that outlast us.
Literature, Uncategorized

November 28, 2025

Introducing Stanza & Story

Stanza & Story is the new home for the work that began at GoodPoetry.org—curated readings of classic poetry and prose, plus stories, speeches, and historical texts. If you came looking for GoodPoetry or GoodLiterature, you’re in the right place: everything now lives here under one name.
African-American, America, American, American Poetry, General, Life, Literature, Love, Other Stuff, poet, Poetry, Religion and Spirituality, Teyuna T. Darris, United States, women, women poets

September 1, 2024

Book Release: Stuff I Wrote from My Heart

by Teyuna Darris Exciting News: My First Poetry Chapbook is Now Available on Amazon! 🎉 Dear Good Poetry Community, I am so happy and grateful to share some exciting news with you, today I self-published my poetry chapbook, entitled, “Stuff I Wrote from My Heart— Part One: The Ingenue. This collection is now available on…
18th Century, African-American, Literature, Phillis Wheatley, Phyllis Wheatley, poet, Poetry, Uncategorized, United States, women, women poets

February 14, 2022

“To the Right Honourable William, Earl of Dartmouth”

“May fiery coursers sweep th’ ethereal plain, And bear thee upwards to that blest abode, Where, like the prophet, thou shalt find thy God.”
20th century, African-American, Joseph S. Cotter, Jr., Literature, United States

February 16, 2021

“And What Shall You Say?” by Joseph S. Cotter, Jr.

I mock no peoples, My people are mocked.” And, brother, what shall you say?
20th century, African-American, American Poetry, Black History, Literature, Poetry

February 2, 2021

An Excerpt from “Heritage” by Countee Cullen (1903 – 1946)

“…Spicy grove, cinnamon tree, What is Africa to me?”
20th century, British Poetry, England, English, English poetry, European Poetry, Literature, Poetry, UK, Uncategorized, United Kingodm, women, women poets

September 7, 2018

“Clowns’ Houses” by Edith Sitwell (1887 – 1964)

“Blind are those houses, paper-thin Old shadows hid therein, With sly and crazy movements creep Like marionettes, and weep. ”
20th century, American Poetry, Elinor Morton Wylie, General, Literature, Poetry, United States, women, women poets

September 7, 2018

“Fire and Sleet and Candlelight” by Elinor Morton Wylie (1885 – 1928)

“Fire and Sleet and Candlelight” by ELINOR MORTON WYLIE For this you’ve striven Daring, to fail: Your sky is riven Like a tearing veil. For this, you’ve wasted Wings of your youth; Divined, and tasted Bitter springs of truth. From sand unslakèd Twisted strong cords, And wandered naked Among trysted swords. There’s a word unspoken,…
19th century, American, American Poetry, British Poetry, England, English, English poetry, European Poetry, Literature, Poetry, UK, Uncategorized, United Kingodm

September 7, 2018

“What the Goose-Girl Said About the Dean” by EDITH SITWELL (1887 – 1964)

“Whence he lies snoring like the moon Clownish-white all afternoon. Beneath the trees’ arsenical Sharp woodwind tunes; heretical— Blown like the wind’s mane (Creaking woodenly again).”
20th century, British Poetry, English poetry, European Poetry, Literature, Poetry, Uncategorized, United Kingdom, women, women poets

September 7, 2018

“By Candlelight” by Edith Sitwell (1887 – 1964)

#Poetry by #EdithSitwell— “Silence crowned this optimism— Not a sound and not a wail: But the fire (lush leafy vales) Watched the angry feathers fly.”