in celebration poetry.org presents a selection of poems that have helped shape our modern American literary landscape:

“Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou
“homage to my hips” by Lucille Clifton
“Dear March – Come in – (1320)” by Emily Dickinson
“[we fight back to control the outside]” by kari edwards
“Cherry Stems” by Kimiko Hahn
“Lais” by H. D.
“The Black Unicorn” by Audre Lorde
“Page 39 / arrives early for the date” by Harryette Mullen
“Ode of Girls’ Things” by Sharon Olds
“The Anactoria Poem” by Sappho
“Her Kind” by Anne Sexton
“Alphabet of Mother Language” by Anne Waldman