“I am obnoxious to each carping tongue Who says my hand a needle better fits, A Poet’s pen all scorn I should thus wrong, For such despite they cast on Female wits.” Almost all we know of Anne Bradstreet comes from her meditations and poems. As a poet, she combined the longings of the human heart with devout faith and piety, and she is recognized as a true Puritan and one of America’s greatest poets.