Reader's Roundtable Episode 36: Poetry Month

April 2021 Readers Roundtable Podcast

It’s National Poetry Month and we can’t let that get by without sharing, so check out these poetry picks and a few more titles we’re excited about.

Mari’s Picks:

Hello, Earth!: poems to our planet by Joyce Sidman

Swirl by Swirl : Spirals in Nature by Joyce Sidman

A Hatful of Dragons And More Than 13.8 Billion Other Funny Poems by Vikram Madan

Mexique : A Refugee Story from the Spanish Civil War by María José Ferrada

Misc. Other Picks

Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley

I Am The Tree of Life : My Jewish Yoga Book by Rabbi Mychal Copeland

 

Jessica’s Picks:

Poetry

The Perseverance by Raymond Antrobus

·        NPR article: https://www.npr.org/2021/03/25/980823034/perseverance-and-poetry-help-a-writer-bridge-multiple-worlds

Finna by Nate Marshall

How To Love the World edited by James Crews

·        Brené Brown’s Unlocking Us Podcast.

Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley (with Mari)

 

Cheryl’s Picks:

Academy of American Poets – poets.org

Poetry Breaks: Lucille Clifton on What Poetry Is - YouTube

She Had Some Horses by Joy Harjo

Sight Lines by Arthur Sze

Homie by Danez Smith

Together in a Sudden Strangeness:  America’s Poets Respond to the Pandemic ed. by Alice Quinn

Cardinal by Tyree Daye