poetry Archives • Melissa Baron

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A Guide to U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón’s Poems

Posted on October 7, 2022October 9, 2022 by Melissa Baron

The Library of Congress has named 23 U.S. Poet Laureates since the position was renamed in 1985, and they have named their 24th: Ada Limón, author of six poetry collections, five of which have either won or been nominated for a multitude of awards. Limón is only one of eight female poets laureate, and the seventh poet of […]

The Best Emily Dickinson Poems

Posted on December 9, 2021January 7, 2022 by Melissa Baron

Emily Dickinson wrote almost 1,800 poems in her lifetime. Only ten of them were published while she was alive, and they were published anonymously at that. Posthumously, Dickinson has become one of the most recognized and celebrated English language poets in the world. There’s a few reasons for that, and in this humble Rioter’s opinion, […]

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Scary Poems to Read in the Dark

Posted on October 15, 2021October 21, 2021 by Melissa Baron

Welcome, my ghosts and ghouls. Gather around the fire, close now; it keeps the chill of the night away. You came to this post because you wanted to see and hear things that will scare you. Things that will raise the hairs on the back of your neck and make you doubt your senses. You’ve […]

What Are the Most Cited Poems?

Posted on October 15, 2020June 23, 2021 by Melissa Baron

There is a vast body of work in the world of poetry, as there are talented poets across the world penning lines of verse that can grab you by the throat, gently take your hand, and resonate through your heart like the sweetest notes of a violin. It’s no surprise, then, that certain poems rise above […]