Sara Teasdale, born in St. Louis, wrote short, musical lyrics about love, beauty and nature. Her collection Love Songs (1917) won the prize that became the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, and her later poem “There Will Come Soft Rains” is still widely read.
Poems published before 1930, now in the public domain.
Source editions for the poems on this page (public domain):
Yes. Sara Teasdale’s poems published before 1930 are in the public domain, and you can read 22 of them here or as a flip book.
Rivers to the Sea (1915), Love Songs (1917), Flame and Shadow (1920).