Category: National Poetry Month

A reading of John Keats’ “On the Grasshopper and the Cricket”

Prolific poet W.S. Mervin reads his poem “Yesterday.” Sometimes poetry touches on painful subjects.

Because it’s Monday:

Jane Hirshfield reads her poem “For What Binds Us.”

National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman reads her topical and hope-filled poem “The Miracle of … Continue ReadingNational Poetry Month #17 Amanda Gorman

Two-time Poet Laureate Stanley Kunitz reads his visceral poem “The Portrait.” I haven’t read much … Continue ReadingNational Poetry Month #12 – Stanley Kunitz

Robert Frost reads his poem “The Road Not Taken.”

This post is dedicated to the memory of those we have lost. Dylan Thomas reads … Continue ReadingDylan Thomas – National Poetry Month #10

This made me cry: Nikki Giovanni reads her poem “Quilts.”

Juan Felipe Herrera, 21st United States Poet Laureate, reads his poem “Imagine.” Listen to his … Continue ReadingPoetry Month #7 -Juan Felipe Herrera

Mary Oliver reads her poem “Wild Geese.”

Poet Langston Hughes reads his poem: “The Negro Speaks of Rivers.”