Carmine Starnino b. 1970 Micro-interview POEMS Money Publications Herman Melville Though the American writer Herman Melville (1819-1891) is most famous for his visionary novel Moby-Dick, he was also a poet of great distinction.… Paul Laurence Dunbar The son of former slaves, Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906) was born in Dayton, Ohio. Dunbar published his first poem at 14 and was nationally… John Donne The English poet and Anglican priest John Donne (1572-1631) wrote in two distinctly different styles. His early poems reveled in earthly, sensual…
