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NewsHour Poetry Series
A 'Rift in the Land' Brings Haitians Together
Understanding Haiti's disaster through a poet's eyes.
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Poetry Everywhere
A Partial History of My Stupidity
The poet reads.
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Classical Baby (I'm Grown Up Now): The Poetry Show
A Very Valentine
Animated poem read by the poet
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Acclaimed American Author John Updike Dies at Age 76
Remembering John Updike, one of the most prolific and popular American authors of his generation.
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Poetry Everywhere
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Animated poem read by Flora Coker.
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Poetry Everywhere
And Day Brought Back My Night
Animated poem read by the poet.
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Classical Baby (I'm Grown Up Now): The Poetry Show
April Rain Song
Animated poem read by the poet.
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Poetry Everywhere
Assault to Abjury
Animated poem read by the poet.
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At 88, Marie Ponsot's Work Hasn't Skipped a Beat
A profile of 88-year-old poet Marie Ponsot, who published her sixth collection of poems last month called Easy.
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Aunties
The poet reads.
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Belle Isle, 1949
The poet reads.
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Bob Hicok Reflects on Economic Hardships in Michigan
The poetry of Michigan-born Bob Hicok addresses the economic hardships suffered in his home
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Bowl
Animated poem read by the poet.
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Poetry Everywhere
Branch Library
Animated poem read by the poet.
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Brian Age Seven
The poet reads.
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Call Me Pier
Animated poem read by the poet.
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Cartoon Physics, Part 1
Animated poem read by the poet.
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NewsHour Poetry Series
Charles Simic: From Belgrade to Poet Laureate
Born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Poet Laureate Charles Simic has authored 18 books and won numerous awards, including the Pulitzer. Simic reflects on his craft.
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Chester
Animated poem read by the poet.
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Children's Poet Laureate Presents
Children’s Poet Laureate Presents: All Kinds of Families
Children’s Poet Laureate Mary Ann Hoberman reads her story-in-verse, All Kinds of Families.
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Children's Poet Laureate Presents
Children’s Poet Laureate Presents: All My Shoes Come in Twos
Children’s Poet Laureate Mary Ann Hoberman reads from her first collection, All My Shoes Come in Twos.
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Children's Poet Laureate Presents
Children’s Poet Laureate Presents: I Like Old Clothes
Children’s Poet Laureate Mary Ann Hoberman reads her collection I Like Old Clothes.
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Children's Poet Laureate Presents
Children’s Poet Laureate Presents: Laughing Time
Mary Ann Hoberman reads from William Jay Smith's Laughing Time (Little, Brown, 1953), a favorite children's poetry collection of the Poet Laureate and her family.
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Children's Poet Laureate Presents
Children’s Poet Laureate Presents: The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear
Children’s Poet Laureate Mary Ann Hoberman reads from The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear.
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Children's Poet Laureate Presents
Children’s Poet Laureate Presents: The Llama Who Had No Pajama
Children’s Poet Laureate Mary Ann Hoberman reads from her collection The Llama Who Had No Pajama.
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Poetry Everywhere
Daddy Longlegs
The poet reads.
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Descended from Dreamers: Poems by Li-Young Lee
The poet reads two poems from his recent collection.
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Poetry Everywhere
Doña Josefina Counsels Doña Concepción Before Entering Sears
Animated poem read by the poet.
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Elizabeth Alexander Reflects on Inauguration Reading
The poet discusses the significance of including poetry in the inauguration ceremonies and shares some of her work.
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Elizabeth Bishop: Poems, Prose, and Letters
Bishop's writings collected in a new volume.
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En la calle San Sebastian
Animated poem read by the poet.
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excerpt from "A Passage to India"
Read by Tony Kushner.
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Facing It
The poet reads.
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Final section from "Eleven Eyes"
Animated poem read by Flora Coker
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First Collection in English of Best-Selling Russian Poet
A profile of Russian poet Vera Pavlova, who will release her first collection of poems in English, If There is Something to Desire, next month.
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Fit to Print: The Business of Publishing Poetry
Seattle poetry publisher finds method to adapt to changing cultural times.
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For Terrance Hayes, Pittsburgh and Poetry Are No Strangers
The poet discusses life in Pittsburgh, "where no one is a stranger," and shares some of his work.
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For What Binds Us
The poet reads.
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NewsHour Poetry Series
From the Air to the Page: The Poetry of John Ashbery
Profile of one of the nation's most important contemporary writers.
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Poetry Documentaries
Gerald Stern: Still Burning
Produced by Norbert Lempert of REMproductions in association with the Poetry Foundation. Gerald Stern is as much the poet warrior now as when he stunned the poetry world thirty years ago with his book Lucky Life. In that book he first staked out a place for himself and readers that he has continued to make, a place that in his words is "overlooked or ignored or disdained, a place no one else wanted." This short documentary film, illustrated with materials from Stern's own archive, features some of Stern's best known poems. It also includes commentary by poets Ross Gay, Edward Hirsch, Anne Marie Macari, Heather McHugh, and Thomas Lux, each with a unique perspective on Stern as artist and friend.
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Grand Central, Track 23
Animated poem read by the poet.
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Hedgehog
Animated poem read by the poet.
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I Go Back to May, 1937
The poet reads.
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I started early...
Animated poem read by Blair Brown.
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Incision
Animated poem read by the poet.
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Junk Man: Poet and Professor Albert Goldbarth
Poet and toy collector Albert Goldbarth is a two-time winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, as well as the Mark Twain Prize for Humor.
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Lake Echo, Dear
Animated poem read by the poet.
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Let Us Consider
Animated poem read by the poet.
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Lines for Winter
Read by Mary Louise Parker.
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Lost and Found
Animated poem read by the poet.
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Classical Baby (I'm Grown Up Now): The Poetry Show
Mariposa
Animated poem read by Andy Garcia
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NewsHour Poetry Series
Mary Jo Bang Examines Grief's Poetic Form, the Elegy
The poet shares two poems from her recent collection.
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Merwin’s Passion for Poetry and the Natural World
W.S. Merwin reads several of his poems and talks with Jeffrey Brown about memory, language, and his life as a poet and horticulturist.
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mulberry fields
Animated poem read by the poet.
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Poetry Everywhere
New York
Animated poem read by the poet.
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Poetry Everywhere
Nights on Planet Earth
Animated poem read by the poet.
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Nina’s Blues
Animated poem read by the poet.
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One Boy Told Me
The poet reads.
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Oregon Poet Laureate Inada Reflects on Internment
Lawson Inada shares poems about childhood experiences in Japanese American internment camps during World War II.
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Paradoxes and Oxymorons
Animated poem read by DJ Spooky.
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Pau-Llosa Discusses Latin American Art, Shares Poem
Poet and art critic Ricardo Pau-Llosa reads from his new collection, "Parable Hunter."
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Poem Beginning with a Line by Frank Lima
Animated poem read by the poet.
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Poet Kwame Dawes Takes On HIV/AIDS in Jamaica
Kwame Dawes reads his poems and talks to correspondent Jeffrey Brown about HOPE: Living and Loving with HIV in Jamaica.
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NewsHour Poetry Series
Poet Lucille Clifton Dies After Cancer Battle
Remembering former Maryland poet laureate and National Book Award winner Lucille Clifton.
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Poet Philip Levine Recalls Life at the Factory
A profile of Philip Levine, a former auto worker who became a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet.
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Poetry Documentaries
Poetry Out Loud 2006 National Finals Video
Produced by WGBH and David Grubin Productions, in association with the Poetry Foundation, this short film highlights the 2006 National Finals of the Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest.
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NewsHour Poetry Series
Poetry Program Gives Prisoners Unexpected Voice
For more than 30 years, poet and professor Richard Shelton has traveled to a high security prison in Arizona to run a program that encourages prisoners to write and read poetry.
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Preposition
Animated poem read by the poet.
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Poetry Documentaries
Reel Poetry: “Migrations”
Poem by Dorian Merina, film by Alyssa Sherwood. Inaugural prize-winner of the Poetry Film Prize.
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NewsHour Poetry Series
Richey's Poetry Addresses Son's Role as a Soldier
The poems in Frances Richey's "The Warrior" are written to her son, who has served two tours in Iraq.
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NewsHour Poetry Series
Robert Hass Reads From Prize-Winning Collection
The poet reads selections from "Time and Materials," the 2008 Pulitzer Prize-winning poetry book.
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Santa Fe Spoken Word Club Explores Indian Identity, History
The Spoken Word Club at the Santa Fe Indian School maintains links to native language and culture through verse.
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Poetry Everywhere
Selected Haiku by Issa
Robert Hass reads haiku from Issa.
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Poetry Everywhere
Selections from Rumi
Coleman Barks performs Rumi.
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Sharks’ Teeth
Animated poem read by the poet.
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NewsHour Poetry Series
Sherman Alexie Fuses Tribal and Western Cultures
Author Sherman Alexie talks about his new book of poetry called "Faces" and his new short story collection, "War Dances."
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Shiver & You Have Weather
Animated poem read by the poet.
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Poetry Everywhere
Snowmen
Animated poem read by Carl Hancock Rux.
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Some Words Inside of Words
Animated poem read by the poet.
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Song
Animated poem read by the poet.
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Space Bar
Animated poem read by the poet.
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Poetry Everywhere
Stone
The poet reads.
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Archival reading by the poet.
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Children's Poet Laureate Presents
Tea with Cherries
Although she moved frequently as a child, Mary Ann Hoberman always found comfort in her large extended family.
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The Dancing
The poet reads.
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NewsHour Poetry Series
The Electorate Process Inspires “Election Day” Poem
Following the historic 2008 presidential election, J.D. McClatchy, a professor, poet and critic, reads “Election Day,” a poem about voting.
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The Gate
The poet reads.
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NewsHour Poetry Series
The Genius of Poetry: a Profile of Heather McHugh
Heather McHugh, a poet who was named a MacArthur Fellow in September 2009, shares her perception of the craft.
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Poetry Everywhere
The Language
Animated poem read by Carl Hancock Rux.
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The Lanyard
The poet reads.
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Poetry Everywhere
The Search for Lost Lives
Animated poem read by the poet.
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The Wild Old Wicked Man
Read by Wynton Marsalis.
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This Is a Letter
Animated poem read by the poet.
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Those Winter Sundays
Animated poem read by Carl Hancock Rux.
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Tornado Child
Animated poem read by the poet.
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Touch Me
The poet reads.
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NewsHour Poetry Series
Transcript of Lincoln Inspires Poem for 16th President
Poet and journalist Cynthia Zarin’s poem for Abraham Lincoln was inspired by a discovery in a shoebox.
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Unlikely Laureate: A Conversation with Kay Ryan
Known for short, compact writing and for living a very quiet life, Kay Ryan has taken on a big and very public role as the nation's Poet Laureate.
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Weighing In
Animated poem read by the poet.
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What Kind of Times Are These
The poet reads.
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Why Are Your Poems So Dark?
The poet reads.
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won't you celebrate with me
The poet reads.
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Writer, Poet Jim Harrison Is a Determined “Outsider”
Most of Jim Harrison's books have been set in sparsely populated areas, including "Paradise Valley," where he now lives much of the year.
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