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NewsHour Poetry Series
Poet Billy Collins Reflects on 9/11
Billy Collins read "The Names" before a special joint session of Congress in 2002, and again on the 10th anniversary of 9/11 for the NewsHour. 11:32

NewsHour Poetry Series
Ernesto Cardenal Explores Humanity Through Cosmos 
Ernesto Cardenal is known as one of Latin America's greatest living poets. 6:39

NewsHour Poetry Series
New US Poet Laureate Philip Levine Recalls Life at the Factory
A profile of Philip Levine, a former auto worker who became a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and the nation’s current Poet Laureate. 6:34

NewsHour Poetry Series
Floods, Fires, Storms Are Fodder for Centuries of Poems
This year has seen intense floods, fires, and storms across the country and around the world. We visited poet Jeffrey Yang, who recently edited a collection of poetry chronicling how writers . . . 3:11

NewsHour Poetry Series
Catching Up With Former Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky
Much of former US Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky's writing has focused on American life. He takes a look back at his career with Jeffrey Brown. 8:09

A Child's Garden of Poetry
The Tropics in New York
Poem by Claude McKay. Read by Ziggy Marley. 1:12

A Child's Garden of Poetry
“Hope” is the thing with feathers
Poem by Emily Dickinson. Read by Claire Danes and signed by Rachel, age 9. 00:50

NewsHour Poetry Series
Life on Mars: Space Exploration Through Poetry
Life on Mars, Tracy K. Smith's third book, explores the cosmos through words. The Princeton creative writing professor and poet reflects on the relationship between our lives and the . . .

NewsHour Poetry Series
C.D. Wright Examines a Civil Rights Era Event in Verse
Weaving oral histories, hymns, lists, interviews, newspaper accounts and personal memories, poet C.D. Wright explores a Civil Rights Era event in her native state of Arkansas. 5:26

A Child's Garden of Poetry
Daffodils
Poem by William Wordsworth. Read by Dave Matthews. 1:27

NewsHour Poetry Series
University of Iowa Writers' Workshop Turns 75
The Iowa Writers' Workshop, the nation's oldest and most prestigious postgraduate writing program for elite writers and poets, celebrates its 75th anniversary this year. 7:54

Poetry Everywhere
Turtle
The poet reads. 1:54
By Kay Ryan

Poetry Everywhere
American Wedding
The poet reads. 3:32
By Joseph Millar

Poetry Everywhere
Dust
The poet reads. 1:40
By Dorianne Laux

Poetry Everywhere
After Making Love We Hear Footsteps
The poet reads. 2:14
By Galway Kinnell

Poetry Everywhere
Calling him back from layoff
The poet reads. 2:38
By Bob Hicok

Poetry Everywhere
American Smooth
The poet reads. 1:54
By Rita Dove

Poetry Everywhere
Slow Dance
The poet reads. 3:31
By Matthew Dickman

Poetry Everywhere
Tornado Child
The poet reads. 2:26

NewsHour Poetry Series
Benghazi-Born Poet Mattawa Reflects on Growing Up under Gadhafi
Personal reflections on the crisis in Libya from poet Khaled Mattawa. 7:08

NewsHour Poetry Series
Virginia Poet Charles Wright Explores “Inexhaustible Power of Words”
Poet Charles Wright has authored more than 20 books of verse and won numerous awards. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author reads some of his work and shares his sources of inspiration. 3:44
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