Poetry from Daily Life: Memory's a great start but let imagination rule
Illinois Poet Laureate Angela Jackson shares a poem she wrote sparked by a childhood memory — but she didn't let reality get ...
‘Poet in the New World’ Review: Czesław Miłosz Crosses Over
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A critic wrestles with Robert Frost’s life and verse
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Chimwemwe Undi discovers the importance of looking in life's rear-view mirror in new poem
The First Year is an original poem by Chimwemwe Undi, winner of the 2024 Governor General's Literary Award for poetry. It is ...
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Poetry from Daily Life: Memory's a great start but let imagination rule
My guest this week on Poetry from Daily Life is Angela Jackson, who lives in Chicago, Illinois in the historic Bronzeville neighborhood. She fell in love with poetry in first grade and was writing ...