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"POETRY IS A FORM OF EXPRESSION THAT COMES DEEPLY FROM WITHIN. IT IS TRULY A GIFT FROM GOD TREASURED ALWAYS."  

KENNETH R. JENKINS POET 2017

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THESE ARE THE POETS WHO INSPIRED ME.....

THEODOR SEUSS GEISEL (/MARCH 2, 1904 – SEPTEMBER 24, 1991).  DR. SEUSS

Tracy K. Smith

  GIL SCOTT HERON APRIL 1, 1949 – MAY 27, 2011)

THE LAST POETS

 CARL August SANDBURG 1878-1967

James Weldon Johnson 1871-1938

Francis Scott Key   August 1, 1779 – January 11, 1843)

Phyllis Wheatley c. 1753 – December 5, 1784)

Gwendolyn Brooks (June 7, 1917 – December 3, 2000)

 NIKKI GIOVANNI

 Rita Dove

Walt Whitman 1819-1892

Amanda Gorman & Clifton Powell

SYLVIA PLATH OCTOBER 27, 1932 – FEBRUARY 11, 1963)

Langston Hughes   February 1, 1901 – May 22, 1967

Gloria Jean Watkins (September 25, 1952 – December 15, 2021 

Bell Hooks

Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886)

 

MARGUERITE ANNIE JOHNSON AKA MAYA ANGELOU

  APRIL 4, 1928 – MAY 28, 2014 

Wanda Coleman, poet

Wilsonia Bentia Driver/Sonia Sanchez

Robert Zimmerman/Bob Dylan

Paulette Linda Williams/Ntozake Shange 1948-2018

Ada Limon

Jackie Hill-Perry

Aberjhani


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