Marilyn Nelson — The Truceless Wars
What do we achieve in our fighting? How can we turn to hope and our deepest nature? Marilyn Nelson was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the daughter of a school teacher and a U. S. serviceman, a member of the...
6 Maj 202214min
Richard Blanco — Looking for The Gulf Motel
Is something lost once it’s gone? How do we blend sadness with sweet memory? Richard Blanco practiced civil engineering for more than 20 years. He is now an associate professor of creative writing at ...
2 Maj 202217min
Yusef Komunyakaa — Praising Dark Places
Is the light a comfort and the night disturbing? Yusef Komunyakaa explores the life and brilliance of what’s in shadow and darkness.Yusef Komunyakaa was born in Bogalusa, Louisiana. The son of a carpe...
29 Apr 202212min
Hannah Emerson — Keep Yourself at the Beginning of the Beginning
A poem inviting us to discover our brilliance and our nothingness. Both true. Both vital. Hannah Emerson is the author of The Kissing of Kissing. She is also the author of a chapbook, You Are Helping ...
25 Apr 202214min
Kyle Carrero Lopez — Ode to the Crop Top
A song of praise to the crop-top from a crop-top-wearing man who encounters comments in public and sings and swings. Kyle Carrero Lopez was born to Cuban parents in northern New Jersey. He is the auth...
22 Apr 202211min
Divya Victor — First Petition
A seven-year poem: from the start of the process to bring a mother to live in the US to the time she walks through the gate. Divya Victor is the author of Curb (Nightboat Books, winner of PEN America ...
18 Apr 202214min
Denise Low — Walking with My Delaware Grandfather
We carry memory in our body: memories of our own selves, but memories of our forebears, too — talking with them as we walk, learning from them as they inquire. Denise Low is the former Kansas Poet Lau...
15 Apr 202211min
Rita Dove — Eurydice, Turning
How do you speak with your mother when she’s forgotten who you are? By turning to myth, it seems, and by holding gentleness with bewilderment, love with patience. Rita Dove lets us overhear a phone ca...
11 Apr 202214min
