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I've spoken to some of the nation's best poets about their writing and what poetry means to them. Their comments are as rich and diverse as their poems. Click on each image or headline to read the piece.
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US Poet Laureate Ada Limón: ‘Things can grow here, and I can grow here.’
From The Christian Science Monitor.
PHOTO CREDIT: Shawn Miller/Library of Congress
As James Crews demonstrates throughout “The Path to Kindness: Poems of Connection and Joy,” a follow-up collection to his bestselling anthology “How to Love the World,” kindness can be life-altering. It may also help people find a way forward during the most difficult days.
From The Christian Science Monitor
PHOTO CREDIT: Brad Peacock
Poet Yusef Komunyakaa talks about his latest collection, “Everyday Mojo Songs of Earth,” and the importance of imagining ourselves
in another’s skin.
From The Christian Science Monitor
PHOTO CREDIT: Arthur Elgort
To Craig Morgan Teicher, “poetry is a vast conversation spanning thousands of years.” He shares how that poetic dialogue fits into his own life – and vice versa.
From The Christian Science Monitor
PHOTO CREDIT: Craig Morgan Teicher; book cover: BOA
Q&A with poet
Naomi Shihab Nye
How do parents keep kids learning and playing with words, even as online classes end? The Young People’s Poet Laureate has some ideas.
From The Christian Science Monitor
PHOTO CREDIT: Michael Nye
The first Native American poet laureate talks about hearing the collective heart of the country, and the importance of listening.
From The Christian Science Monitor
PHOTO CREDIT: Shawn Miller/Library of Congress
Q+A WITH JENNIFER BENKA, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ACADEMY OF AMERICAN POETS, ON NATIONAL POETRY MONTH
From The Christian Science Monitor
PHOTO CIREDIT: Molly Walsh