I love your writings on poetry. (I also love your writings on politics and current events). What poets or poems could you recommend that deal with the issue of finding reasons to continue when faced with confusingly insurmountable odds? When standing against a juggernaut?
Cullen eventually made a greater impact in the world as a teacher rather than a poet. He was a well-regarded instructor in Harlem schools for much of his life.
I love your writings on poetry. (I also love your writings on politics and current events). What poets or poems could you recommend that deal with the issue of finding reasons to continue when faced with confusingly insurmountable odds? When standing against a juggernaut?
Well, there's Claude McKay!
https://www.poetryoutloud.org/poem/if-we-must-die/
Oof. That’s a fair response. Though I hope none of us will have to be Olaf glad and big.
Berthold Brecht? https://allpoetry.com/To-Posterity
Cullen eventually made a greater impact in the world as a teacher rather than a poet. He was a well-regarded instructor in Harlem schools for much of his life.