Love Letters to Poetry

Thank you for joining us for National Poetry Month! Here are all of our 2023 Love Letters to Poetry:

1. Poetry of the Senses: From LAND OF THE CRANES by Aida Salazar

2. Tameka Fryer Brown on Poetry and Picture Books by Valerie Bolling

3. “The Little Mermaid” by Lisa Stringfellow

4. Couplets from The Tirukkural by Suma Subramaniam

5. “Where Am I From?” by Hanh Bui

6. Personal Anthologies by Anindita Basu Sempere

7. “Who Needs Poetry?” by Carole Boston Weatherford

8. Art & Abolition by Zetta Elliott

9. Reflection on SINGING WITH ELEPHANTS by Reem Faruqi

10. Advocating for Poetry All Year Long by Janet Wong

11. Different Kinds of Silence by Padma Venkatraman

12. How to Build a Poem in Four Easy Steps by Ari Tison

13. Thirteen Ways of Surprising Yourself and Your Reader by Lesléa Newman

14. Finding Poetry by Carole Boston Weatherford

15. Growing A Theme: From A Seed in the Sun by Aida Salazar

16. The Poetry of Love by Margarita Engle

17. “Indian Boarding School: The Runaways” by Marilyn Nelson

18. A Conversation with Richard Blanco about Poetry by Ruth Behar

19. The Power of Poetry by Padma Venkatraman

20. Hybridity, Voice, and Vignettes: An Interview with Ari Tison by Gloria Muñoz

21. Reflection on OTHER WORDS FOR HOME by Reem Faruqi

22. "the earth is a a living thing" by Nadine Pinede

23. How to Read a Poem by Anindita Basu Sempere

24. How to Write a Verse Biography by Ray Anthony Shepard

25. Reflection on DREAMERS by Hanh Bui

26. “Alabanza: In Praise of Local 100” by Marilyn Nelson

27. “Ask” by Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie

28. “Earth, I Thank You” by Nadine Pinede

29. Pocketful of Poetry: A Mini Chapbook by Edna Cabcabin Moran

30. Love Letters to Poetry by Diverse Verse