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torrin a. greathouse reads "Poem Where Every Bird Is a Drone" by Tarik Dobbs
torrin a. greathouse (she/they) reads Tarik Dobb's poem, "Poem Where Every Bird Is a Drone
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Sara Eliza Johnson reads "Beekeeping"
Sara Eliza Johnson reads her poem, "Beekeeping
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Phillip B. Williams reads “Greatly Be Gentle”
Phillip B. Williams reads his poem “Greatly Be Gentle”.
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Matthew Olzmann reads "Letter Written While Waiting in Line at Comic Con"
Matthew Olzmann (he/him/his) reads his poem, “"Letter Written While Waiting in Line at Comic Con
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Jacqueline Woodson reads "Tobacco"
Jacqueline Woodson reads "Tobacco", from her memoir Brown Girl Dreaming.
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Ilyus Evander reads "The Cost of Staying"
Ilyus Evander (they/them) reads their poem, “The Cost of Staying
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Emily Graslie reads "Confession of a Bird Watcher"
Emily Graslie reads a poem by Chard deNiord, "Confession of a Bird Watcher
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Ashley C. Ford reads "Adoration"
Ashley C. Ford shares a poem written by her husband Kelly Stacy.
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Clint Smith reads "landless acknowledgment" by Nate Marshall
Clint Smith (he/him/his) reads the poem “landless acknowledgment” by Nate Marshall.
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Anthony Thomas Lombardi reads "Relapse Dream"
Anthony Thomas Lombardi (he/him/his) reads his poem, “Relapse Dream
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Analicia Sotelo reads "Do You Speak Virgin?"
Analicia Sotelo reads her poem "Do You Speak Virgin?"
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
Chapter 8 | You're Thinking About Tomatoes | STORY
You're Thinking About Tomatoes - Chapter 8 Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen. A sequel to the very popular ‘You're Thinking About Doughnuts’. Frank is back among the ruins of the past again, this time on a school trip to a...
Curated Video
Rebels in the Records: Radclyffe Hall’s Revolutionary Novel by Elina
National Archives: This films is part of a series called ‘Rebels in the Records’. The films in the series were created by young people in July 2021 and combine puppetry, model-making and animation. They explore stories of people and...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
David Cappella - 'The Sledgehammer'
A poet and teacher, David Cappella is a professor emeritus in the English department at Central Connecticut State University. He is the co-author with Baron Wormser of The Moves and of A Surge of Language: Teaching Poetry Day to Day. In...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
James Finnegan - 'Roofs'
During his senior year in college as a business major, a course in creative writing changed James Finnegan’s life. Until that time, he had thought of poetry as a relatively antique art form. But an excellent teacher exposed him to the...
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Maurice Carlos Ruffin reads "enemies"
Maurice Carlos Ruffin reads Enemies by Lucille Clifton.
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Arhm Choi Wild reads "All I Ever Wanted to Be Was Nothing at All" by torrin a. greathouse
Arhm Choi Wild (they/them/theirs) reads torrin a. greathouse's poem, “"All I Ever Wanted to Be Was Nothing at All
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Vanessa Angélica Villarreal reads "First Estrangement"
Vanessa Angélica Villarreal reads Aracelis Girmay's poem, "First Estrangement
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Sarah Urist Green reads “The World is Too Much With Us”
Sarah Urist Green reads “The World is Too Much With Us” by William Wordsworth.
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R. A. Villanueva reads "Fish Heads"
Brought to you by Complexly, The Poetry Foundation, and poet Paige Lewis.
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Phillip B. Williams reads Kayleb Rae Candrilli
Phillip B. Williams reads an untitled poem by Kayleb Rae Candrilli, from their book "What Runs Over