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No matter their age, some celebrities have old souls; poems written by celebrity poets and your favorite celebrities' favorite poems.
Phillis Wheatley
In late 1775, General George Washington, recently appointed, received a poem that hailed the burgeoning revolution in colonial America. What made this tribute remarkable was that it was penned not by an aloof, aristocratic admirer but by a young Black woman who had endured over a decade of enslavement. This gifted poet, known as Phillis Wheatley, had arrived on a slave ship in 1761 and was purchased by Susanna and John Wheatley of Boston. However, in a remarkable twist, they not only enslaved her but also taught her to read and write.
By Henrik Leandro Laukholm Solli3 years ago in Poets








