Click Here to Read: Ray Bradbury (August 22, 1920 – June 5, 2012): The Poet of Wonder and the Infinite Imagination by Robert Goodman from Spoken Word Poetry Substack on August 26, 2026.
Image: Alan Light Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
Category: Poetry Monday
Paul Laurence Dunbar (June 27, 1872 – February 9, 1906): The Poet Behind the Veil
Sir Walter Scott (August 15, 1771 – September 21, 1832) The Bard Who Reawakened the Middle Ages
Click Here to Read: Sir Walter Scott (August 15, 1771 – September 21, 1832) The Bard Who Reawakened the Middle Ages by Robert Goodman on his Spoken Word Poetry Substack on August 19, 2026.
Portrait of Walter Scott (1771 – 1832), novelist and poet Image: Henry Raeburn (1756–1823) Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson (August 6, 1809 – October 6, 1892) The Voice of Enduring Resolve
Click Here to Read: Alfred, Lord Tennyson (August 6, 1809 – October 6, 1892) The Voice of Enduring Resolve by Robert Goodman on his Spoken Word Poetry Substack on August 12, 2026.
Carbon print of Alfred Lord Tennyson, 1869, printed 1875/79 Image: Julia Margaret Cameron. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
Percy Bysse Shelley (August 4, 1792 – July 8, 1822): The Revolutionary Dreamer of the Romantic Imagination
Click Here to Read: Percy Bysse Shelley (August 4, 1792 – July 8, 1822): The Revolutionary Dreamer of the Romantic Imagination by Robert Goodman on his Spoken Word Poetry Substack on August 5, 2026.
Image: By Alfred Clint (died 1883), After Amelia Curran (1775–1847) and Edward Ellerker Williams (died 1822) Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
William Cullen Bryant (November 3, 1794 – June 12, 1878): Nature became America’s first great theologian
Click Here to Read: William Cullen Bryant (November 3, 1794 – June 12, 1878): Nature became America’s first great theologian by Robert Goodman on his Spoken Word Poetry substack on July 22, 2026.
William Cullen Bryant by Wyatt Eaton (1849–1896). Gift of William T. Evans to The Brooklyn Museum. Public Domail via Wikimedia Commons.
Edna St. Vincent Millay (February 22, 1892 – October 19, 1950): “Wonder begins where the soul outgrows itself.”
Click Here to Read: Edna St. Vincent Millay (February 22, 1892 – October 19, 1950): “Wonder begins where the soul outgrows itself.” by Robert Goodman on his Spoken Word Poetry Substack on July 15, 2026.
Edna St. Vincent Millay portrait (c. 1920) Image: Unknown author. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
