What is American poetry?
[[File:EmilyDickinson.jpg|thumb|Emily Dickinson is one of the most influential American poets]] '''American poetry''' is [[poetry]] of the [[United States]]. It is most often written in [[English language|English]]. [[Emily Dickinson]] and [[Walt Whitman]] are the most famous American poets. They lived in the 19th century. She wrote short lyric poems about nature and human feelings.He wrote epic poetry. There are many poetry movements or styles. After [[World War I]], [[Modernist literature|Modernist]] poetry became popular.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Lynch|first=Suzanne|title=Out of the wasteland: the first World War and modernism|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/heritage/out-of-the-wasteland-the-first-world-war-and-modernism-1.2190829|access-date=2020-10-03|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en}}</ref> The poets were inspired by European poetry, Asian poetry (such as Haikus), and [[Latin American poetry]]. The most famous Modernist poets were [[Ezra Pound|Ezra]] Pound (1885–1972) and [[T. S. Eliot]] (1888–1965). Pound wrote an [[Epic poetry|epic poem]] called Cantos.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Foundation|first=Poetry|date=2020-10-02|title=Canto I by Ezra Pound|url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/54314/canto-i|access-date=2020-10-03|website=Poetry Foundation|language=en}}</ref> Eliot wrote the most famous modern American poem, [[The Waste Land]]; it is a dramatic poem.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Foundation|first=Poetry|date=2020-10-02|title=The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot|url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47311/the-waste-land|access-date=2020-10-03|website=Poetry Foundation|language=en}}</ref> He also wrote popular [[Lyric poetry|lyrical]] about cats. During the [[Vietnam War]], the Beat poets became very popular. Beat poets wrote about the American landscape, human sexuality, United States politics, and the Vietnam war.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Foundation|first=Poetry|date=2020-10-02|title=Allen Ginsberg|url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/allen-ginsberg|access-date=2020-10-03|website=Poetry Found