Click here to read her poem, "It will be Summer — eventually." NPR asked our audience to find inspiration in — and then write an ekphrastic poem about — two paintings: Heat Wave by Kadir Nelson (left) and Young Woman At A Window by Salvador Dali. Resident poet Kwame Alexander and Morning Edition's Rachel Martin will use lines from submissions to create a crowdsourced poem, and then read it on air, with credit to contributors. Yeats Lives On, At 96, Poet And Beat Publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti Isn't Done Yet, I Saw The All-Stars Of Our Generation Honor Allen Ginsberg's 'Howl', 'Windows' That Transform The World: Jane Hirshfield On Poetry, Philip Levine, Who Found Poetry On Detroit's Assembly Lines, Dies At 87, Amiri Baraka Didn't Worry About His Politics Overpowering His Poetry, In 'Dear Father,' A Poet Disrupts The 'Cycle Of Pain', Inaugural Poet Recalls A Closeted Childhood Of Cultural Tension, The Turmoil In Scotland, Expressed By Its Poets, MacArthur Fellow Terrance Hayes: Poems Are Music, Language Our Instrument, A Poet On Losing His Son: 'Before You Heal, You Have To Mourn', Brilliant, Unsparing 'Prelude' Will Leave A Bruise, How Rhythm Carries A Poem, From Head To Heart, Painful Path To Fatherhood Inspires Poet's New Collection. In far western Ireland's County Galway, Yeats found inspiration in the people and landscape. Scroll down to hear him read his poem "The Lake Isle of Innisfree." April 7, 2016 • Amit Majmudar, Ohio's first Poet Laureate, spends his days looking for abnormalities in X-rays, CT scans and PET scans.

October 2, 2020 • David Axelrod's second collection of nonfiction, The Eclipse I Call Father: Essays on Absence was published by Oregon State University Press in the spring of 2019. Her debut collection, Popular Music, was named among the Top Poetry of 2016 by Entropy Magazine and the Chicago Review of Books. Axelrod directs the low residency MFA and Wilderness, Ecology, and Community, We Insist: A Timeline Of Protest Music In 2020, New Arrivals: A Socially-Distanced Book Tour. Share your poem in response to the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, and find out more about the project, at. Axelrod directs the low residency MFA and Wilderness, Ecology, and Community, October 1, 2020 • David Axelrod's second collection of nonfiction, The Eclipse I Call Father: Essays on Absence was published by Oregon State University Press in the spring of 2019. April 19, 2016 • In 2014, archivists were combing through Pablo Neruda's files when they came upon some unknown works. In his new book, he says that forgiveness is an ongoing act — and you must constantly remember to forgive again. September 23, 2020 • Emily Walter writes, teaches and cooks in Missoula, Montana. NPR has put out a call for poems to make sense of the heartbreaking death of Ahmaud Arbery.Resident poet Kwame Alexander and Morning Edition 's Rachel Martin will use lines from submissions to create a crowdsourced poem, and then read it on air, with credit to contributors. Shawn Miller/Library of Congress October 9, 2020 • Kelly Schirmann is a poet, musician, and ceramicist from Northern California. Chilean writer and poet Pablo Neruda, after being awarded the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature. Her debut collection, Popular Music, was named among the Top Poetry of 2016 by Entropy Magazine and the Chicago Review of Books. March 17, 2017 • Kwame Alexander's new book is a collection of original poems written in the style of 20 famous poets. October 5, 2020 • Kelly Schirmann is a poet, musician, and ceramicist from Northern California. Dickinson vividly described flowers and plants in her poetry. Corbis She is the author of two books of poetry and essays, Popular Music and The New World, as well as multiple chapbooks and collaborations. What's in the room with the poem is bigger. June 20, 2014 • Poetry has deep roots in music — in fact, in some cultures, poetry and song are the same word. hide caption, September 5, 2014 • In Gabriel, Edward Hirsch delivers a 78-page elegy to his son. His eighth collection of poems, The Open Hand , appeared in 2017 from Lost Horse Press. "A poem opens up time, it opens up memory, it opens up place," says Harjo, U.S.

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June 18, 2016 • Archaeologists are working to unearth the poet's original gardens and bring the homestead back to its natural state. Axelrod wrote the introduction, "My Interests Are People," for About People: Photographs by Gert Berliner, which appeared in the summer of 2018 from Arts End Books. STF/AFP/Getty Images January 31, 2015 • "The real hallmark of an effective political artist is that the politics is accepted with the art," said Baraka. She currently lives, works, and teaches in Western Montana, and at kelly schirmann.com . She is the author of two books of poetry and essays, Popular Music and The New World, as well as multiple chapbooks and collaborations. Axelrod directs the low residency MFA and Wilderness, Ecology, and Community, September 29, 2020 • David Axelrod's second collection of nonfiction, The Eclipse I Call Father: Essays on Absence was published by Oregon State University Press in the spring of 2019.

", Edward Hirsch has written several books of poetry, including For the Sleepwalkers, Wild Gratitude and Special Orders. "It was utterly thrilling. We invite you to visit our Poetry Near You … Apr 03, 2019 NPR's Arun Rath talks with Shelton about his work.

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He's given his latest poetry collection a provocative name: Dothead. Poetry Challenge: Paint A Picture With Words Morning Edition resident poet Kwame Alexander wants to read your poems that respond to art.He's selected two … October 6, 2020 • Kelly Schirmann is a poet, musician, and ceramicist from Northern California. "I became a poet in Pittsburgh," says, poet and University of Pittsburgh professor Terrance Hayes, pictured above at his home.

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February 15, 2015 • In his six-decade career, Levine found grace and beauty in the lives of working people, especially the people and places of his youth. October 8, 2020 • Kelly Schirmann is a poet, musician, and ceramicist from Northern California. NPR has put out a call for poems to make sense of the heartbreaking death of Ahmaud Arbery. These writings have been translated into English and are now being published in a new collection. Axelrod directs the low residency MFA and Wilderness, Ecology, and Community, September 30, 2020 • David Axelrod's second collection of nonfiction, The Eclipse I Call Father: Essays on Absence was published by Oregon State University Press in the spring of 2019. For National Poetry Month 2020, we are more committed than ever to doing everything it can to bring poetry to the widest possible audience.

Wilbur, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and translator, intrigued and delighted generations of readers and theatergoers through his rhyming editions of Moliere and his own verse on memory, writing and nature.
Share your poem in response to the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, and find out more about the project, at NPR. Pulitzer Prize winner Jericho Brown also reflected on the news surrounding Arbery's death in his poem, "Bullet Points.". Poetry Moment features a week of poetry curated and read by a local poet. September 12, 2020 • When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through collects the work of more than 160 poets. March 14, 2015 • In a "window moment," the poet says, a work shifts and expands: "By glancing for a moment at something else, the field of the poem becomes larger. April 12, 2015 • This year marks the 60th anniversary of Ginsberg's once-controversial poem. Poet Richard Wilbur, shown at his home in Cummington, Mass., in 2006, died on Saturday at the age of 96. ", Poet Allen Ginsberg reads his poem "Howl" outside the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., Oct. 19, 1994, before a hearing on the constitutionality of a FCC policy restricting indecent material. September 23, 2017 • Chris Harris had never written a children's book before — but he wanted to write something special for his kids. Gary Kazanjian/AP A group of musicians and actors put on a show in Los Angeles this week in celebration of Ginsberg and his iconic poem. His eighth collection of poems, The Open Hand , appeared in 2017 from Lost Horse Press. "[As] an American, I see the murder of African American boys as a disease that America cannot seem to cure," … September 28, 2014 • Richard Blanco, who read "One Today" at Obama's inauguration in 2013, explores the collision of sexual, artistic and cultural identity in his new memoir about his childhood in Miami. October 7, 2020 • Kelly Schirmann is a poet, musician, and ceramicist from Northern California.

He died in 2014. Days after a historic referendum on independence, we look at how poems by Scottish writers can help us better understand this moment.

hide caption. hide caption. January 25, 2015 • J. Ivy says his father grew up in pain and passed that pain on to the next generation. Join in by sharing a poem that helps shine a light on what's been going on in our country, that helps push us towards change and explores what's to come: chaos or community. October 16, 2017 • His commitment to traditional forms, with tight patterns and taut construction, stood out among his contemporaries. Courtesy of Knopf Axelrod wrote the introduction, "My Interests Are People," for About People: Photographs by Gert Berliner, which appeared in the summer of 2018 from Arts End Books. "Rather than describing the painting, it's what they feel," he says. Culture Club/Getty Images Some pieces will be their own and some pieces will be from poets they admire or find particularly poignant or relevant for the time of airing. His eighth collection of poems, The Open Hand , appeared in 2017 from Lost Horse Press. March 31, 2018 • Poet Lee Bennett Hopkins edited the new children's book, in which poets reflect on paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. His eighth collection of poems, The Open Hand , appeared in 2017 from Lost Horse Press. She is a mem­ber of the Mvskoke Nation.

September 12, 2020 • When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through collects the work of more than 160 poets. June 12, 2015 • Saturday marks the 150th birthday of William Butler Yeats, one of the 20th century's greatest poets. hide caption.