First Line Poetry

Archive for February, 2008

Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood is a Canadian poetess of considerable fame. She was born in Ontario in 1939 to a forest entomologist and spent much of her early life in Quebec.  At the age of seven she moved to Toronto where she studied at the University of Toronto and then earned her masters degree at Radcliffe College […]

Maya Angelou: Woman extraordinaire

Maya Angelou is one of those people who change the way others think and leave an impact on the world forever. Maya Angelou was born Marguerite Johnson in St Louis in Missouri on the 4th of April, 1928. She is multi faceted and is popular as a author, poet, songwriter, playwright, historian, dancer, stage […]

Poetry pointers

I believe that writing poetry comes naturally to a person but even for those to whom it doesn’t come naturally there are always ways they can find it in themselves. For those who are natural poets it is also necessary that they hone their skills a little. I have the following pointers for you:
·         The […]