As National Poetry Month comes to an end, we’re honoring women poets who defied literary norms, navigated cross-cultural boundaries and revolutionized what we consider poetry.
in science and religion. She advocated for respect towards nature through her poems, criticizing the mainstream 19th century emphasis on studying nature without appreciating its beauty. It seems she argued that this tendency in academia was dehumanizing to the souls of all species.A monster with a glass / Computes the stamens in a breath – / And has her in a ‘class!’”
Dickinson also expressed her beliefs with unshrinking honesty when it came to religion. When Mary Lyon, the head of the Mount Holyoke Women’s Seminary, asked everyone who wanted to be Christian to stand, Dickinson stayed seated. She said people probably wondered why she didn’t stand, but that it would be stranger if she lied.
, a member of the Muscogee Nation, is a former U.S. poet laureate and the first Indigenous person to hold that position. Her poetry discusses the injustices committed against indigenous peoples, starting with her nine-poem chapbook titled. Her writing honors the values of Indigenous cultures, as well as the values of feminism—interweaving powerful stories about women throughout.
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