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This week’s guest on Poetry from Daily Life is Gemma Campanini, ... I bet you can think of a certain voice, a person, you love to hear speak. An actor, a loved one, a musician.
I think, also, there's so many different kinds of poetry that are springing up, it's in so many different places now, that it's not like before, where you had the major publishers telling you what ...
It's OK if you find some poetry boring or uninspiring, poet Laura Haskins writes, but keep looking for what you'll like.
#NPRpoetry Tips: Think About What You Know And Take Advantage Of Twitter Constraints New York Times book reviewer and poetry columnist David Orr reviews this week's #NPRpoetry submissions and ...
At first, I didn’t think much of it — but it was the first poem that made a profound impact on my teenage life. It was a confusing and rough time for me.
This week’s guest on “Poetry from Daily Life” is Matt Forrest Esenwine, who lives in Warner, New Hampshire. Matt is an award-winning children’s author and poet who began writing poems when ...
(CBS) - I love poetry. I remember staying up late at night to catch Russell Simmon's "Def Poetry" and just being blown away by the power of the spoken word. Which leads us to this amazing poem ...
My guest today is Barbara Loots (rhymes with Goats), who lives in Kansas City, Missouri. Barbara is another poet who found her calling early and was writing poems by 3rd grade. She says she even ...
For Haki Madhubuti, winning a Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize from the Poetry Foundation was a total surprise. A great award, but not necessarily a cherry on the sundae of his literary life. “I feel ...