Podcast appearances and mentions of Marilyn Nelson

On your knees with the queens in the poetry darkroom,  poetic pleasures await! Then we wipe off our kneecaps before hitting the Pride Parade.If you'd like to support Breaking Form:Review the show on Apple Podcasts here.Buy our books:     Aaron's STOP LYING is available from the Pitt Poetry Series.     James's ROMANTIC COMEDY is available from Four Way Books.NOTESTess Gallagher's "Stopping Place" is from her book Willingly.Donna Stonecipher's "Inlay 18 (Sei Shõnagun)" is from her book The Cosmopolitan. Read a bit about the book here. Sei Shōnagon's actual given name is not known. It was the custom among aristocrats in those days to call a court lady by a nickname taken from a court office belonging to her father or husband. Sei Shōnagon (c. 966–1017 or 1025) was a Japanese author, poet, and a court lady who served the Empress Teishi (Sadako) around the year 1000 during the middle Heian period. She is the author of The Pillow Book.The Dick Dock in Provincetown is so popular it has its own Facebook page. Or check out this Youtube video called "Provincetown's Dick Dock: Making Gay Sex Magic!"If you want to know more about the history of the Meat Rack on Fire Island, here's a good starting place. Read Ocean Vuong's poem "Theology"Marilyn Nelson's "For Mary, Fourth Month" is available in her The Fields of Praise: New and Selected. Jim Powell did indeed win a MacArthur in 1993. Read more poems by Powell here.Read Frank Stanford's "Blue Yodel of the Desperado"Read more about Osip MandelstamKevin Prufer's book of poems The Fears won the Rilke Prize. Read the judges' citation here. Visit Michelle Tea's website here. Or read an excerpt from her poem "I Used to Be Straight" here (scroll down).Read Franny Choi's "Unlove Poem" Read "Prayer/Oracion" by Francisco X. Alarcón, trans. Francisco Aragón Read "American Wedding" by Essex HemphillHere's June Jordan's fiery "Poem About My Rights" You can read torrin a. greathouse's "Aubade Beginning in Handcuffs" here. 

A pair of millionaire philanthropists are urging the Prime Minister to honour a commitment and chase businesses up for Covid wage subsidy money. Grant and Marilyn Nelson suspect companies have wrongly held on to millions of dollars- and hope the Government can encourage these companies to pay that money back. Grant Nelson says businesses should be treated like beneficiaries and be made to pay back money they owe. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A pair of millionaire philanthropists are urging the Prime Minister to honour a commitment and chase businesses up for Covid wage subsidy money. Grant and Marilyn Nelson suspect companies have wrongly held on to millions of dollars- and hope the Government can encourage these companies to pay that money back. Grant Nelson says businesses should be treated like beneficiaries and be made to pay back money they owe. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our first live performance of the podcast, featuring Marilyn Nelson and a discussion or her amazing poem "How I Discovered Poetry." On January 31, we met at Calvin University for its January Series and spoke with Marilyn Nelson about poetry and her work for a live audience. For more on Marilyn Nelson, visit her website (https://marilyn-nelson.com/) or The Poetry Foundation (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/marilyn-nelson). This poem is the title poem of an extraordinary book called How I Discovered Poetry (https://a.co/d/6xrZVm9) It was originally published in The Fields of Praise: New and Selected Poems (https://a.co/d/0iajt2m) Thank you to LSU Press for permission to read and discussion this poem on our podcast.

State Poet Laureate Antoinette Brim-Bell joined WPKN's Valerie Richardson to talk about her work and her tenure as the state's Poet Laureate. She also spoke about an upcoming event where she will be joined by poets Marilyn Nelson, Kate Rushin, and Rhonda Ward. The four poets partnered with the Witness Stones Old Lyme Project and created a verse cycle to capture the forgotten voices of the enslaved in Lyme, Connecticut. The poets will talk about their creative process including their work with historian, Carolyn Wakeman, to uncover the stories of the long ago enslaved including Cato, Humphrey, Temperance, and Arabella.

An investigation into the growing paycheck advance cash app industry. Sacramento transgender documentary “Never Too Late?” Poet Marilyn Nelson visits Sacramento. Cash app investigation

Today's poem is La Peste by Marilyn Nelson. In this episode, Major writes… “Today's poem states a truth about turbulent times. After sadness, fear, and uncertainty, we will inevitably feel that distinct sense of having surmounted some great hardship. This suffering makes life precious, and above all, makes our friends treasured. And may I suggest, that to follow this episode, you might queue up Destiny's Child's iconic song “Survivor.”” Celebrate the power of poems with a gift to The Slowdown today. Every donation makes a difference: https://tinyurl.com/rjm4synp

Get bonus episodes by subscribing to the SLEERICKETS Secret Show!Wear SLEERICKETS t-shirts and hoodies. They look good!Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:– Alderman by Marilyn Nelson– Balance by Marilyn Nelson (included in Brian Brodeur's mini-anthology, see link below)– Do Not Delete! (Brian's informal anthology of New Formalists)– Done on This Side by Joshua Mehigan– Good Bones by Maggie Smith– You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Dan Kois– Fleishman Is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner– Fleishman Is in Trouble (TV Series)– Brian & MBS discuss Thomas Ligotti– The Malignant Matrix by Thomas Ligotti– Soren Wheeler– Richard Cory by E. A. Robinson– Richard Cory by Simon & Garfunkel– On Writing & Failure by Stephen Marche– The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost– The Homeplace by Marilyn Nelson– To Crawl Under the Earth: The Persistence of Expansive Poetry by Brian Brodeur– Some Problems with Autobiography by Brian Brodeur– Ep 90: Neo-Georgian Hellscape– To an Athlete Dying Young by A. E. Housman– Drawing Hands by Greg Williamson– Elijah Blumofe– Matt Wall– Shane McCrae– R. S. Gwynn– Joshua Mehigan– Austin Allen– Ryan Wilson– A. E. Stallings– Marilyn Nelson– Mary Jo Salter– Anthony HechtEmail: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] comTwitter: @BPlatzerSister Podcast (Alice): Poetry SaysEmail (Cameron): CameronWTC [at] hotmail [dot] comMusic by ETRNLArt by Daniel Alexander Smith

Get bonus episodes by subscribing to the SLEERICKETS Secret Show!Wear SLEERICKETS t-shirts and hoodies. They look good!Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:– Good Bones by Maggie Smith– You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Dan Kois– Fleishman Is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner– Fleishman Is in Trouble (TV Series)– Brian & MBS discuss Thomas Ligotti– The Malignant Matrix by Thomas Ligotti– Soren Wheeler– Richard Cory by E. A. Robinson– Richard Cory by Simon & Garfunkel– On Writing & Failure by Stephen Marche– The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost– The Homeplace by Marilyn Nelson– Alderman by Marilyn Nelson– Balance by Marilyn Nelson (included in Brian Brodeur's mini-anthology, see link below)– Done on This Side by Joshua Mehigan– To Crawl Under the Earth: The Persistence of Expansive Poetry by Brian Brodeur– Do Not Delete! (Brian's informal anthology of New Formalists)– Some Problems with Autobiography by Brian Brodeur– Ep 90: Neo-Georgian Hellscape– Elijah Blumofe– Matt Wall– Shane McCrae– R. S. Gwynn– Joshua Mehigan– Austin Allen– Ryan Wilson– A. E. Stallings– Marilyn Nelson– Mary Jo Salter– Anthony HechtEmail: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] comTwitter: @BPlatzerSister Podcast (Alice): Poetry SaysEmail (Cameron): CameronWTC [at] hotmail [dot] comMusic by ETRNLArt by Daniel Alexander Smith

“Family” we take our family with us as we celebrate! Moshe asked pharaoh to allow the Israelites to leave Egypt together with their entire family to celebrate in the desert a holiday for the Lord.

Narrator Brian Nishii joins AudioFile's Robin Whitten to discuss Genzaburo Yoshino's HOW DO YOU LIVE?, a Japanese classic from 1937 with a new translation by Bruno Navasky. Named one of AudioFile's Best Children & Family Listening audiobooks, HOW DO YOU LIVE? remains surprisingly relevant today, intertwining the adventures of a young teenager with philosophical conversations with his beloved uncle. Nishii tells listeners about the challenges of bringing this title to a contemporary audience, his approach to narrating audiobooks for younger listeners, and more. Read AudioFile's review of the audiobook at audiofilemagazine.com. Published by Recorded Books. AudioFile's 2022 Best Children' & Family Listening: A IS FOR OBOE: THE ORCHESTRA'S ALPHABET by Lera Auerbach, Marilyn Nelson, read by Thomas Quasthoff A DIFFERENT POND by Bao Phi, read by Bao Phi EYES THAT SPEAK TO THE STARS by Joanna Ho, read by Justin Chien HOW DO YOU LIVE? by Genzaburo Yoshino, Bruno Navasky [Trans.], Neil Gaiman [Fore.], read by Brian Nishii THE LAST MAPMAKER by Christina Soontornvat, read by Sura Siu WINNIE-THE-POOH by A.A. Milne, read by Barbara Rosenblat For the full list of 2022 Best Audiobooks, visit: audiofilemagazine.com Will Seeking Justice Lead to Her Own Demise? Today's episode of Behind the Mic is brought to you by Oasis Audio, publisher of BENEATH HIS SILENCE, a gothic-style regency romance from promising young author, Hannah Linder. Narrated by Anne Flosnik. Available everywhere. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cindy Veach is the author of Her Kind, (CavanKerry Press), a finalist for the Eric Hoffer Montaigne Medal, Gloved Against Blood (CavanKerry Press), named a Paterson Poetry Prize finalist and a Massachusetts Center for the Book 'Must Read' and the chapbook, Innocents (Nixes Mate Press). Her poems have appeared in The Academy of American Poets Poem-a-Day Series, AGNI, Chicago Review, Prairie Schooner, and elsewhere. Her poem, "This Patch Where the Light Cannot Reach," was selected by Mary Ruefle for the Philip Booth Poetry Prize (Salt Hill Journal). Her sonnet crown, "Witch Kitsch," was selected by Marilyn Nelson for the Samuel Washington Allen Prize (New England Poetry Club). Cindy received an MFA from the University of Oregon where she was a Graduate Teaching Fellow and an assistant poetry editor for Northwest Review. She is co-poetry editor of Mom Egg Review. Find the book and much more here: https://www.cindyveach.com/ As always, we'll also include live open lines for responses to our weekly prompt or any other poems you'd like to share. A Zoom link will be provided in the chat window during the show before that segment begins. For links to all the past episodes, visit: https://www.rattle.com/rattlecast/ This Week's Prompt: Write a poem about a landmark in your area. Next Week's Prompt: Write a spooky poem for Halloween. The Rattlecast livestreams on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter, then becomes an audio podcast. Find it on iTunes, Spotify, or anywhere else you get your podcasts.

Episode 185: American Timelines 1955, Part 6:  Badass Hiking Grandma & A Mistaken Intruder?  Amy tells the story of the murder of William Woodward Jr.  Was it truly an accident?  Joe tells the tale of Grandma Gatewood hiking the Appalachian Trail.  Plus the return of  “What Would A 9 Year Old Think?” featuring Calhoun Jack Sandwisch and sonnets by poet laureate Marilyn Nelson.   Check out A Wreath For Emmett Till by Marilyn Nelson here:  https://www.amazon.com/Wreath-Emmett-Till-Marilyn-Nelson/dp/0547076363 Season 5, Episode 60, of American Timelines. Also, get 40% off your subscription of Magic Mind at: https://www.magicmind.co/ATL  With discount code  ATL

What do we achieve in our fighting? How can we turn to hope and our deepest nature?Marilyn Nelson was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the daughter of a school teacher and a U. S. serviceman, a member of the last graduating class of Tuskegee Airmen. She is the author or translator of more than 20 books and chapbooks for adults and children. A professor emerita of English at the University of Connecticut, Marilyn was Poet Laureate of Connecticut, 2001– 2006, and founding director of Soul Mountain Retreat, a writers' colony, 2004-2010.Find the transcript for this show at onbeing.org.We're pleased to offer Marilyn Nelson's poem, and invite you to sign up here for the latest from Poetry Unbound. 

Narrator Thomas Quastoff's voice has a musicality perfectly suited to this rich alphabet book with a symphonic score. Host Jo Reed and AudioFile's Emily Connelly discuss the joy of hearing the orchestra come alive through lyrical poems by Lera Auerbach and Marilyn Nelson, narrated beautifully by Quastoff. His German-accented baritone moves through alliterative phrases, describing singing piccolos, mournful English horns, and trilling woodwinds. The audiobook is educational but also delves into the emotions of hearing orchestral music—and listeners are treated to representative music for each letter. There's no better way to experience this book than to hear it. Read the full review of the audiobook on AudioFile's website. Published by Listening Library. Find more audiobook recommendations at audiofilemagazine.com Our Audiobook Break podcast just launched its 3rd season, and this time listeners are journeying to Pemberley with narrator Alison Larkin as our guide. Enjoy Jane Austen's PRIDE AND PREJUDICE with new chapters each week, free on the Audiobook Break podcast. Support for AudioFile's Behind the Mic comes from PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE AUDIO, dedicated to producing top-quality fiction and nonfiction audiobooks written and read by the best in the business. Visit penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/audiofile now to start listening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recorded by Marilyn Nelson for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on February 8, 2022. www.poets.org

Marilyn Nelson is an American poet, translator, and children's book author. She is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Connecticut and the former poet laureate of Connecticut. In this episode, Eric and Marilyn discuss several of her poems and the inspiration and meaning behind themBut wait – there's more! The episode is not quite over!! We continue the conversation and you can access this exclusive content right in your podcast player feed. Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month. It's that simple and we'll give you good stuff as a thank you!Marilyn Nelson and I Discuss her Beautiful and Powerful Poetry and…Her book, How I Discovered Poetry“Mississippi” poemHer book, A Wreath for Emmett TillHer use of the unique poetry form of heroic crown of sonnets“Rosemary for Remembrance” poem“Let Me Gather Spring Flowers for a Wreath” poem“Like His Gouged Eye” poemHow poetry comes out of silence and leads us back to silenceA life well lived includes the gifts of silence, contemplation, and self knowledge How we need to make an effort to find silence in a noisy worldHer book, Carver“Professor Carver's Bible Class” poemHer book, Snook Alone, the story of a dogMarilyn Nelson Links:Marilyn's WebsiteFacebookWhen you purchase products and/or services from the sponsors of this episode, you help support The One You Feed. Your support is greatly appreciated, thank you!If you enjoyed this conversation with Marilyn Nelson you might also enjoy these other episodes:Roger HousdenEllen BassSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Where to turn to find my place of standing when it feels like the world is on fire? This question surfaced in a public conversation Krista had just a couple of years ago with Pádraig Ó Tuama and Marilyn Nelson, two poet-contemplatives. Pádraig weaves together social healing, poetry, and theology. Marilyn is a lyrical excavator of stories that would rather stay hidden — yet as she coaxes them into the light, they lead to new life. This conversation is a pleasure and balm, and a reminder that the ruptures and unease and reckonings of what we call “this moment” were all before us before the pandemic. Pádraig and Marilyn's offerings are beyond wise, and distinctly tender and powerful for this now.Pádraig Ó Tuama is the host of On Being's Poetry Unbound podcast. Previously, he was community leader of Corrymeela, Northern Ireland's oldest peace and reconciliation organization. His books include a prayer book, Daily Prayer with the Corrymeela Community, a book of poetry, Sorry For Your Troubles, and a poetic memoir, In the Shelter: Finding a Home in the World.Marilyn Nelson is professor emerita of English at the University of Connecticut, and Chancellor Emeritus of the Academy of American Poets. She is a recipient of the Poetry Society of America's Frost Medal “for distinguished lifetime achievement,” and the Poetry Foundation's Ruth Lilly Prize. She is a writer for all ages: her books of poetry for adults include The Meeting House and Faster Than Light; for children, Papa's Free Day Party, and for young adults, A Wreath For Emmett Till and the forthcoming Augusta Savage: The Shape of a Sculptor's Life.Find the transcript for this show at onbeing.org.This show originally aired in September 2018.

Where to turn to find my place of standing when it feels like the world is on fire? This question surfaced in a public conversation Krista had just a couple of years ago with Pádraig Ó Tuama and Marilyn Nelson, two poet-contemplatives. Pádraig weaves together social healing, poetry, and theology. Marilyn is a lyrical excavator of stories that would rather stay hidden — yet as she coaxes them into the light, they lead to new life. This conversation is a pleasure and balm, and a reminder that the ruptures and unease and reckonings of what we call “this moment” were all before us before the pandemic. Pádraig and Marilyn's offerings are beyond wise, and distinctly tender and powerful for this now.Pádraig Ó Tuama is the host of On Being's Poetry Unbound podcast. Previously, he was community leader of Corrymeela, Northern Ireland's oldest peace and reconciliation organization. His books include a prayer book, Daily Prayer with the Corrymeela Community, a book of poetry, Sorry For Your Troubles, and a poetic memoir, In the Shelter: Finding a Home in the World.Marilyn Nelson is professor emerita of English at the University of Connecticut, and Chancellor Emeritus of the Academy of American Poets. She is a recipient of the Poetry Society of America's Frost Medal “for distinguished lifetime achievement,” and the Poetry Foundation's Ruth Lilly Prize. She is a writer for all ages: her books of poetry for adults include The Meeting House and Faster Than Light; for children, Papa's Free Day Party, and for young adults, A Wreath For Emmett Till and the forthcoming Augusta Savage: The Shape of a Sculptor's Life.This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode "Pádraig Ó Tuama and Marilyn Nelson — ‘So let us pick up the stones over which we stumble, friends, and build altars'” Find the transcript for that show at onbeing.org.This show originally aired in September 2018. 

20 years ago, two towers fell in America and it shocked the world. Whether people lived in New York or California, or in between, they were wrapped in trauma and grief, and needed the words to articulate their feelings and experience. Andrea Carter Brown captured her own eyewitness views and feelings to help process the negative memories into a new healing through poetry and reflection. From shock and pain to healing and kindness, Brown's verses speak for many who witnessed the events that day. … Continue...Episode 122 – Remembering 9-11 in Verse

Cloak & Dagger On the Air's podcast returns with an original script about the Tuskegee Airmen titled "Lonely Eagles," which is based on and features the poem of the same name by Marilyn Nelson. The story was by the 2019 sixth-grade Triadelphia Middle School Social Studies class, under the supervision of teacher Brad Sorge, and the script was written by Pete Fernbaugh as part of Oglebay Institute's Midnight Radio Jr. grant program. This episode was recorded in front of a live studio audience at the Weirton Area Museum & Cultural Center on Saturday, May 29th, 2021, and stars honorary Tuskegee Airman Ambrose Bolling as Bert, Rosie McCallister as Marilyn, Rev. Rudy McCallister as Starks, and The Wayward Saints: Chris Carter, David Gaudio, Robert Gaudio, Noah Hilton, Nancy Longo, Karissa Martin, and John E. Reilly. Our musical score was arranged and performed by Roberta Fedoush, and our sound effects were created by The Holy Foley Molies (Bethany Fernbaugh, Noah Hilton, and Karissa Martin). Produced and directed by Pete Fernbaugh. A Future Past Production. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cloak-dagger-on-the-air/message

Recorded on International Women's Day, LadyFiction's episode 4 turns to the history of science—and the forgotten role black people played as study objects in this context. Stefanie Schäfer and Dr. Christine Vogt-William from the University of Bayreuth discuss how black women's poetry unearths and retells these forgotten histories. We read Elizabeth Alexander's poems “The Venus Hottentot” and selections from Marilyn Nelson's “Fortune's Bones” (2004) and from Bettina Judd's “Patient” (2014). The poems selected showcase the Renaissance of the Black Arts in the current moment and its aesthetic of empowerment that gives a voice to those who have been silenced by History.

Produced by DuEwa World - Consulting + Bookings http://www.duewaworld.com Ep. 29 DuEwa interviewed Marilyn Nelson, award winning poet, children's/YA writer, and author of the new children's book Papa's Free Day Party (April 2021, Just Us Books). Marilyn discussed her writing life and read an excerpt of Papa's Free Day Party. Visit www.justusbooks.com for more information on this new title.  LISTEN to this episode and others @Anchor @ApplePodcasts @SpotifyPodcasts @PodcastAddict @iHeartRadioPodcasts and others.  FOLLOW Nerdacity Podcast on Instagram @nerdacitypodcast and on Twitter @nerdacitypod1. SUBSCRIBE for videos of this podcast at YouTube.com/DuEwaWorld. SUPPORT future episodes of this podcast by sending a donation to PayPal.me/duewaworld or anchor.fm/duewafrazier/support. Visit DuEwa's author site at www.duewaworld.com. BIO Marilyn Nelson is the author or translator of more than 20 books and chapbooks for adults and children. Her critically acclaimed books for young readers include A Wreath for Emmett Till, Fortune's Bones, Carver: A Life in Poems, a Newbery Honor Book and recipient of the Boston Globe/Hornbook and the Fiora Stieglitz Straus Awards. Her memoir, How I Discovered Poetry, is a Coretta Scott King Honor Book and was named one of NPR's Best Books of 2014. A three-time finalist for the National Book Award, her many honors include the Frost Medal, the NSK Neustadt Award and the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize. She was Poet Laureate of Connecticut, 2001 - 2006. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/duewafrazier/support

26. dubna 1946 se narodila Marilyn Nelson - americká básnířka, překladatelka a autorka dětských knih. Báseň přeložila Sylva Ficová. Podcast "Báseň na každý den" poslouchejte na Anchor, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts a na dalších platformách. Domovská stránka podcastu je na www.rogner.cz/basen-na-kazdy-den. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/basennakazdyden/message

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://teachersbooksreaders.com/2021/03/27/lubayas-quiet-roar-written-by-marilyn-nelson-paintings-by-philemona-williamson/

This week: thoughts on form. Both Marilyn Nelson and Nikki Grimes agree, playing with poetic constraints can create an expansive world to write within. Listen as two of the most celebrated authors writing for young readers today share their thoughts on poetic forms. You’ll hear about two of their favorite forms to experiment with, as well as excerpts from both of their memoirs in verse. The impact Nelson and Grimes have had on the field of writing for younger audiences is profound. Both are featured in this month’s special issue of Poetry dedicated to poems for young people.

In this episode, we celebrate Black History Month with a reading and discussion of the anthology African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle and Song edited by Kevin Young, Poetry Editor of The New Yorker. This incredible anthology is described as "A literary landmark: the biggest, most ambitious anthology of Black poetry ever published, gathering 250 poets from the colonial period to the present," and in it we found familiar voices that we know and love, as well as new poets, and some whose work is hard to find or long out of print. This is a perfect start to reading African American poetry, and we highly recommend getting yourself a copy!  Though there are so many great poets in this anthology, here are those we highlighted in this episode:  Claude McKay  June Jordan Tyhimba Jess Jericho Brown Tracy K. Smith Morgan Parker For further listening, we recommend a recent episode of The New Yorker Poetry podcast called "Radical Imagination: Tracy K. Smith, Marilyn Nelson and Terrance Hayes on Poetry in Our Times" We also recommend two AWP events, for which poets we highlighted in this episode will be panelists:  Sunday, March 7th 1:30-2:30pm Central Time Sn119. Poem About My Rights: June Jordan Speaks, Sponsored by Copper Canyon Press. (Michael Wiegers, Rio Cortez, Jericho Brown, Monica Sok) “I am not wrong: Wrong is not my name / My name is my own my own my own.” A panel of poets and editors will read and discuss iconic works by June Jordan, including the electric, revolutionary “Poem About My Rights.” In her too-short career, Jordan boldly, lyrically, and overtly called out the harms caused by anti-Black police violence, sexual abuse, and heterosexism, lighting a way forward for other writers. Each poet will offer one poem of their own to honor Jordan's literary influence. Wednesday March 3rd, 3:00-4:00pm Central Time W136. The Futures of Documentary and Investigative Poetries. (Solmaz Sharif, Erika Meitner, Tyehimba Jess, Philip Metres, Layli Long Soldier) Investigative or documentary poetry situates itself at the nexus between literary production and journalism, where the mythic and factual, the visionary and political, and past and future all meet. From doing recovery projects to performing rituals of healing to inventing forms, panelists will share work (their own and others') and discuss challenges in docupoetic writing and its futures: the ethics of positionality, appropriation, fictionalizing, collaboration, and political engagement. Thank you for joining us in honoring the lives and writing of Black poets, past and present, and as always, thanks for listening!     

Recorded by Marilyn Nelson for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on February 5, 2021. www.poets.org

A charity has made new claims of misuse over the Covid wage subsidy scheme, this time targeting the rich-list owners of retail empire, James Pascoe Group.Christchurch philanthropists Grant and Marilyn Nelson run the GAMA Foundation, and they've been researching the scheme for months.They are now taking aim at the couple which own Farmers, Pascoes and Whitcoulls - Anne and David Norman - with claims their businesses have pocketed $35 million in wage subsidies.The GAMA Foundation says those businesses are likely to have bounced back strongly from Covid, like their retail counterparts Briscoes, The Warehouse and Michael Hill.Grant Nelson told Heather du Plessis-Allan that they applied for the wage subsidy for 12 weeks but their stores were only closed for five weeks. "In addition for that, all of their stores applied for the Auckland resurgence wage subsidy, and they were paid that for their employees right around the country, even though those employees in other areas weren't affected by the Auckland lockdown at all."Nelson says that the rules were quite loose and it was easy to abuse the scheme during the first lockdown. He wants them to pay back that money. LISTEN ABOVE

POETRY OUT LOUD presents A Ship Without a Rudder by Marilyn Nelson. A poem about George Washington Carver, an American agricultural scientist and environmentalist.

Composition is a process not limited to sound and music. It extends to all disciplines of art. It embodies making…collecting…curating…remembering. It takes on the act of memorializing, even if the original form is no longer. Its energy carries on, rebirthing through its next generation. One particular legacy of renowned sculptor, teacher and Civil Rights champion Augusta Savage, is a prodigious commission that now exists in only in photographs and other documented remembrances. My late father, William Edwards would regale our family with stories about his visit to the 1939 New York World’s Fair, and his particular fascination with the artist’s 16-foot tall visual opus, "Lift Every Voice and Sing" (also known as “The Harp,”) inspired by James Weldon and Rosamond Johnson's Black National Anthem of the same name. Augusta Savage’s own influence has cycled through generations of artists and audiences, and it seems that she is having a renaissance on this early 21st Century cultural horizon of inclusion and representation in monument. On this episode of NOTES BETWEEN SESSIONS, I talk with Tammi Lawson, Curator of the Art and Artifacts Division of The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. This Division of The New York Public Library houses a significant collection of Augusta Savage’s papers and works, which also galvanized Ms. Lawson to collaborate with Marilyn Nelson, poet Laureate of CT, on a children’s book about Augusta Savage’s studio and home that is now a National landmark. Tammi Lawson takes us full circle, from discovering the Schomburg in our early college days, and her continued journey with others through and towards understanding Augusta Savage’s shaping of a life. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mary-edwards7/support

Today's poem is Pigeon and Hawk by Marilyn Nelson.

On this day in 1955, a young teen named Emmett Till is brutally murdered by a mob of white supremacists in Mississippi. Listen to selected sonnets by Marilyn Nelson reflecting on the cruelty and grief pulsing out of Emmett's memory to this day. Today is August 28, 2020. This is the Librarian's Almanac. Feel free to check out more from the Librarian's Almanac on their website: http://www.librariansalmanac.com/ I'd also love to hear from you directly. Feel free to send me an email at librarians.almanac@gmail.com

By the time Grant and Marilyn Nelson retire they would have given away more than $50 million. In the 1970s, the pair started a business in a garage which proved to be so successful that in 1995 they sold it and started a charitable trust.  

By the time Grant and Marilyn Nelson retire they would have given away more than $50 million. In the 1970s, the pair started a business in a garage which proved to be so successful that in 1995 they sold it and started a charitable trust.  

Marilyn Nelson is a storytelling poet who has taught poetry and contemplative practice to college students and West Point cadets. She brings a contemplative eye to ordinary goodness in the present and to complicated ancestries we’re all reckoning with now. And she imparts a spacious perspective on what “communal pondering” might mean.Marilyn Nelson is a professor emerita of English at the University of Connecticut and a former chancellor of the Academy of American Poets. She is the recipient of the 2012 Poetry Society of America’s Frost Medal for “distinguished lifetime achievement in poetry,” and the 2019 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize. Her books include The Fields of Praise and The Meeting House. Her upcoming children’s picture book about social justice and the power of introverts is called Lubaya’s Quiet Roar.This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode "Marilyn Nelson — Communal Pondering in a Noisy World." Find more at onbeing.org.

Marilyn Nelson is a storytelling poet who has taught poetry and contemplative practice to college students and West Point cadets. She brings a contemplative eye to ordinary goodness in the present and to complicated ancestries we’re all reckoning with now. And she imparts a spacious perspective on what “communal pondering” might mean.Marilyn Nelson is a professor emerita of English at the University of Connecticut and a former chancellor of the Academy of American Poets. She is the recipient of the 2012 Poetry Society of America’s Frost Medal for “distinguished lifetime achievement in poetry,” and the 2019 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize. Her books include The Fields of Praise and The Meeting House. Her upcoming children’s picture book about social justice and the power of introverts is called Lubaya’s Quiet Roar.Find the transcript for this show at onbeing.org

In a special episode of the Poetry Podcast, Tracy K. Smith, Marilyn Nelson, and Terrance Hayes join Kevin Young to read their work, and to discuss its relationship to protest and liberation. Tracy K. Smith served two terms as a U.S. poet laureate, and has won an Anisfield-Wolf Book Award and a Pulitzer prize. Her latest collection is “Wade in the Water.” Marilyn Nelson writes poetry for adults, young adults, and children. Her honors include a Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, an N. S. K. Neustadt Prize for Children’s Literature, and a Frost Medal from the Poetry Society of America. Her new books, “Papa’s Free Day Party” and “Lubaya’s Quiet Roar,” are forthcoming. Terrance Hayes, a former MacArthur fellow, has won a Pegasus Award for Poetry Criticism, a Hurston/Wright Award for Poetry, and a National Book Award in Poetry. His most recent publications include “To Float In The Space Between: Drawings and Essays in Conversation with Etheridge Knight” and “American Sonnets for My Past And Future Assassin.”

Today I share poetry by Luci Shaw, Marilyn Nelson and one of my own poems from my free poetry book 'Unveiled'. On the vlog chat today I briefly share about an inspiring book that I just finished reading by Olympic Athlete Lopez Lomong. You can also watch my vlog at http://www.loveinmillennia.com

The second summer of conversations recorded at the Sewanee Writers' Conference continues with playwright Rachel Bonds, who tells James about finding her voice in a one-act, using jealousy as a job coach, being on the writing treadmill, and recognizing the struggles of those close to us. Plus, actor and Performing Prose co-founder Sean McIntyre.      http://www.sewaneewriters.org/ 2020 Applications due March 15! - Rachel Bonds   Rachel and James discuss:  Olivier Sultan (agent)  St. Andrew's-Sewanee School  Lisa D'Amour  Barack Obama  James Agee  George Saunders  Jennifer Egan  Kevin Wilson  - Sean McIntyre: https://www.performingprose.com/ Sean and James discuss:  THE SOPRANOS  Drew Barrymore  Middlebury College  Steve Yarbrough  Jim Shepard  ROMEO AND JULIET by William Shakespeare  THE SIMPSONS  LES MISERABLES music by Claude-Monet Schonberg "Master of the House"  Emily Nemens  Tim O'Brien  SEINFELD  BREAKING BAD  THE GOAT, OR WHO IS SYLVIA by Edward Albee  Dan O'Brien  Marilyn Nelson  SLINGS AND ARROWS  Keanu Reeves  The Stratford Festival  Performing Prose  Emily Shain  Anne Ray  Sewanee Writers' Conference  -  Music courtesy of Bea Troxel from her album, THE WAY THAT IT FEELS: https://www.beatroxel.com/ -  http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK /Instagram: tkwithjs / FB: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

The second summer of conversations recorded at the Sewanee Writers' Conference begins with James speaking with Marilyn Nelson, who has written poetry in many forms and for many audiences. Marilyn tells James about her fears of being pigeonholed as well as her love of musicality, embodying voices, and finding a way forward. Plus, Copper Canyon Executive Editor Michael Wiegers.      - Marilyn Nelson: https://marilyn-nelson.com/ Buy Marilyn's books: Shop your local indie bookstore for Marilyn Nelson Marilyn and James discuss:  Andrea Davis Pinkney Igor Stravinsky  Maurice Manning  Wyatt Prunty Childcraft Books  Sara Teasdale  Gwendolyn Brooks  Linda Ronstadt "Songs for My Father"  Norton's Anthology of Children's Literature  Stephen Roxburgh Front Street Publishing Augusta Savage  - Michael Wiegers: https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/authors/michael-wiegers/ Copper Canyon Press: https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/ Michael and James discuss:  The New York Times  Goodreads  Amazon Michiko Kakutani  Ocean Vuong  RAILSPLITTER by Maurice Manning  Melissa Stein  Coffee House Press  W.S. Merwin  Robert Graves  Alan Brilliant  Unicorn Press  -  Music courtesy of Bea Troxel from her album, THE WAY THAT IT FEELS: https://www.beatroxel.com/ -  http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK /Instagram: tkwithjs / FB: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

Pádraig Ó Tuama and Marilyn Nelson are beloved teachers to many; to bring them together was a delight and a balm. Nelson is a poet and professor and contemplative, an excavator of stories that would rather stay hidden yet lead us into new life. Ó Tuama is a poet, theologian, conflict mediator, and the host of our new podcast, Poetry Unbound. Together, they venture unexpectedly into the hospitable — and intriguingly universal — form of poetry that is prayer.Editor’s note: This episode includes a preview from our new season of Poetry Unbound featuring a poem by Joy Harjo.Marilyn Nelson is professor emerita of English at the University of Connecticut. She is the recipient of the Poetry Society of America’s Frost Medal “for distinguished lifetime achievement” and the 2019 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize. Her most recent books include Mrs. Nelson’s Classroom and The Meeting House.Pádraig Ó Tuama is a poet, theologian, and conflict mediator, and was leader of the Corrymeela community until 2019. He is also the inaugural poet laureate of The On Being Project and hosts the Poetry Unbound podcast. His books include a prayer book, Daily Prayer with the Corrymeela Community, a book of poetry, Sorry for Your Troubles, and a memoir, In the Shelter: Finding a Home in the World.Find the transcript for this show at onbeing.orgThis show originally aired in September 2018.

Pádraig Ó Tuama and Marilyn Nelson are beloved teachers to many; to bring them together was a delight and a balm. Nelson is a poet and professor and contemplative, an excavator of stories that would rather stay hidden yet lead us into new life. Ó Tuama is a poet, theologian, conflict mediator, and the host of our new podcast, Poetry Unbound. Together, they venture unexpectedly into the hospitable — and intriguingly universal — form of poetry that is prayer.Marilyn Nelson is professor emerita of English at the University of Connecticut. She is the recipient of the Poetry Society of America’s Frost Medal “for distinguished lifetime achievement” and the 2019 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize. Her most recent books include Mrs. Nelson’s Classroom and The Meeting House.Pádraig Ó Tuama is a poet, theologian, and conflict mediator, and was leader of the Corrymeela community until 2019. He is also the inaugural poet laureate of The On Being Project and hosts the Poetry Unbound podcast. His books include a prayer book, Daily Prayer with the Corrymeela Community, a book of poetry, Sorry for Your Troubles, and a memoir, In the Shelter: Finding a Home in the World.This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode "Pádraig Ó Tuama and Marilyn Nelson — A New Imagination of Prayer." Find more at onbeing.org.

Dr. Marilyn Nelson fills in and brings the message on filtering out negativity and focusing on Jesus.

Marilyn Nelson's poetic legacy, through the eyes of one of her many protégés, Tyehimba Jess.

The editors discuss Marilyn Nelson’s poem “The Boley Rodeo” from the April 2019 issue of Poetry.

American Ace By Marilyn Nelson Connor understands that his father is very depressed after the death of his mom. What he doesn’t realize is that his dad is thinking about a lot of things. It turns out that when his mother died, she left him with something that shook the foundation of Connor’s father’s life. In a letter, Connor’s grandmother tells his dad that the man he thought was his father all these years wasn’t. At least not biologically. Turns out that when she was in Italy during World War II she met an American pilot and he is really Connor’s father’s dad.Recommended for grades 6th and up.For a more complete review click here.

Dr. Jo-Ann Reif, Art Historian & Musicologist, with a review of the exhibit "Sacred Sisters"; Award-winning Artist Holly Trostle Brigham & Heather Sincavage, Director of the Sordoni Art Gallery at Wilkes University, speaking about the exhibition which is a collaboration between Brigham and award-winning poet Marilyn Nelson. The show is at the Sordoni Gallery, 141 South Main Street in Wilkes-Barre to March 1, 2019. www.wilkes.edu/sordoniartgallery

Holly Trostle Brigham, award-winning artist from Philadelphia, and Heather Sincavage, Director of the Sordoni Art Gallery at Wilkes University, speaking about the exhibition, "Sacred Sisters" a collaboration between Holly Trostle Brigham and poet Marilyn Nelson, at the Sordoni Gallery, 141 South Main Street, in Wilkes-Barre through March 1, 2019. www.wilkes.edu/sordoniartgallery www.hollytrostlebrigham.com

Marilyn Nelson on Her Beautiful, Powerful PoetryMarilyn Nelson is an American poet, translator and children’s book author. She’s a professor emeritus at The University of Connecticut and the former poet laureate of Connecticut. In this episode, Eric and Marilyn discuss several poems she’s written as well as the meaning behind them. Need help with completing your goals in 2019? The One You Feed Transformation Program can help you accomplish your goals this year.But wait – there’s more! The episode is not quite over!! We continue the conversation and you can access this exclusive content right in your podcast player feed. Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month. It’s that simple and we’ll give you good stuff as a thank you!In This Interview, Marilyn Nelson and I Discuss…Her book, How I Discovered PoetryHer poem, MississippiHer book, A Wreath for Emmett TillThe poetry form of a heroic crown of sonnetsHer poem, Rosemary for RemembranceHer poem, Let Me Gather Spring Flowers For a WreathHer poem, Like His Gouged EyeHow poetry comes out of silence and leads us back to silenceThe value of silence in a life well livedSilence, contemplation, and self-knowledgeOur quiet centerHer book, CarverHer poem, Professor Carver’s Bible ClassHer book, Snook AloneMarilyn Nelson LinksHomepageFacebookNetsuite by Oracle – the business software that handles every aspect of your business in an easy to use cloud platform. Get Netsweep’s free guide, Crushing the 5 Barriers to Growth, by going to www.netsuite.com/wolfThirdlove – they have 70 sizes including their signature 1/2 cup sizes! Find your perfect fit online in 60 seconds with their no tape measure needed fit finder. Get 15% off our first order at www.thirdlove.com/wolfBlinkist – Do you have an ever-growing list of books to read? Blinkist can help! With thousands of non-fiction books distilled down to their most salient points that you can consume in 15 minutes or less go to www.blinkist.com/wolf for a 7 day free trial

A morning of poetry with Marilyn Nelson from the third day of our On Being Gathering. This year, we were thrilled to host our very first On Being Gathering — a four-day coming-together of the On Being community for reflection, conversation, and companionship — at the 1440 Multiversity in the redwoods of Scotts Valley, California. We greeted each day with verse from some of our most beloved poets — and now we’d like to share these delightful moments with all of you. Here is how Marilyn Nelson opened our Sunday morning. Marilyn Nelson is professor emerita of English at the University of Connecticut and a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets. She is the 2012 recipient of the Poetry Society of America’s Frost Medal for “distinguished lifetime achievement in poetry.” Her books include “The Fields of Praise: New and Selected Poems,” “Mrs. Nelson’s Class,” and “The Meeting House.” Find the transcript for this show at onbeing.org.

Dr. Marilyn Nelson fills in for Pastor Danny, preaching out of 2 Timothy about God giving us the courage to overcome fear.

Today's books are: A Wreath for Emmett Till by Marilyn Nelson. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2005 Little Leaders: bold women in black history by Vashti Harrison. Little, Brown, and Company 2017. Other books I spoke of quite a bit are: Carver: a life in poems by Marilyn Nelson. Front Street, 2001. How I Discovered Poetry by Marilyn Nelson. Dial Books, 2014. Links to some things we talked about today. The interview where Marilyn Nelson discussed the initial discussion about Emmett Till. Vashti Harrison's Instagram account. Vashti Harrison's interview in School Library Journal.

Some reflections on my experience at the first ever On Being Gathering at the 1440 Multiversity in Scotts Valley, CA, including the poetry of Marilyn Nelson and David Whyte, the words of Rilke and Barth, and insights from a Pixar movie and peacemaker John Paul Lederach. Get your free RePlacing Church Resource List, a guide to being and becoming the church in the neighborhood. Subscribe, rate, and review the RePlacing Church Podcast on iTunes, or listen on Stitcher, Google Play, or Podbean. Support RePlacing Church on Patreon. I need your support to offset production costs so that I can continue to offer quality content and insightful interviews that will help you grow in your faith and practice. Visit www.patreon.com/benkatt, become a RePlacing Church Patron for as little as a $1/month and receive access to bonus podcast episodes, additional blog posts and more exclusive content! More information here. Sign up for RePlacing Church updates at www.replacingchurch.org. Like on Facebook, Follow on Instagram. Episode Song Credits: "Another Wrong to Right" by Mercir. Used with Permission. Production Assistance by Nate Tubbs.

New York-based artist Gloria Klein was an early member of the Pattern and Decoration movement in the 1970s. She was an active participant in the artist’s co-operative Criss-Cross, which was co-founded by Clark Richert and included George Woodman, Marilyn Nelson, Dee Shapiro and Robert Swain, among others. Her work was frequently featured in their avant-garde publication, Criss-Cross Art Communications. Klein’s rigorous and colorful geometric abstract paintings are based on her own mathematical system for dividing and organizing her canvases and systematically distributing colors to create stunning and detailed compositions.

Marilyn Nelson has taught poetry and contemplative practice to college students and to West Point cadets. She gives winsome voice to forgotten people from history, shining a light on the complicated ancestry that can help us in what she calls “communal pondering.” To sit with Marilyn Nelson is to gain a newly spacious perspective on what that might mean — and on why, in this troubled moment, Americans young and old are turning to poetry with urgency.

Marilyn Nelson has taught poetry and contemplative practice to college students and to West Point cadets. She gives winsome voice to forgotten people from history, shining a light on the complicated ancestry that can help us in what she calls “communal pondering.” To sit with Marilyn Nelson is to gain a newly spacious perspective on what that might mean — and on why, in this troubled moment, Americans young and old are turning to poetry with urgency. This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode “Marilyn Nelson — Communal Pondering in a Noisy World.” Find more at onbeing.org.

In which Celeste Doaks and i talk poetry as sprinting and walking out of movies, Rita Dove gets (another) shout-out, and we get lightly rained on... twitter - @thedoaksgirl Wrecking Ball Press (Celeste's publisher) - wreckingballpress.com/ other things referenced: covers for the now-empty sky and Cornrows and Cornfields - imgur.com/a/bG8Nf article on Rita Dove and revision - owrite.blogspot.com/2008/01/narrow-…-made-wide.html some Marilyn Nelson sonnets - jeffhardin.weebly.com/blog/marilyn-nelsons-worth www.ablemuse.com/erato/showthread.php?t=269 Blue on Blue Ground by Aaron Smith - www.upress.pitt.edu/BookDetails.aspx?bookId=35755 A Noiseless Patient Spider by Walt Whitman - www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-po…detail/45473 Naomi Jackson - www.naomi-jackson.com/

Sep. 30, 2013. A day-long celebration reflecting DC's literary past, present, and future (first evening session). Speakers included Henri Cole, Camille Dungy, Terrance Hayes and Marilyn Nelson. For transcript, captions, and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=6263

Joanna Pearson's first book of poetry, Oldest Mortal Myth (2012), was chosen by Marilyn Nelson for the 2012 Donald Justice Prize. Her poems have appeared in various publications, including Best New Poets, Blackbird, Gulf Coast, The New Criterion, and Subtropics. She is also the author of a young adult novel, The Rites and Wrongs of Janice Wills (2011), and is currently completing a second young adult novel. She works as a resident physician at Johns Hopkins.Megan McShea's writing has recently appeared in WORMS Quarterly, Furious Season, and The Shattered Wig Review, and her book A Mountain City of Toad Splendor was published in 2013 by Publishing Genius Press. She lives in Baltimore and works as an archivist.Read poems by Joanna Pearson here.Read poems by Megan McShea here, here, here, and here. Recorded On: Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Douglas reads "Passing Negro Mountain, Garrett County, Maryland," "Inhabit, (for Debra Kang Dean)," "Tallahatchie, (for Emmett Till and Marilyn Nelson)."

Marjorie Agosin introduces poets Anis Mojgani and Marilyn Nelson. Anis Mojgani is a two time National Poetry Slam Champion and winner of the International World Cup Poetry Slam.   Anis has performed at numerous universities, festivals, and venues around the globe. He has performed for audiences as varied as the House of Blues and the United Nations, and his work has appeared on HBO, NPR, and in the pages of such journals asRattle, Used Furniture Review, Muzzle, and The Lumberyard. A founding member of the touring Poetry Revival, Anis is also the author of two poetry collections, both published by Write Bloody Publishing: Over the Anvil We Stretch (2008) and The Feather Room (2011).  Marilyn Nelson is a poet, translator and children's book author.  Her poetry collections include The Homeplace, which won the 1992 Anisfield-Wolf Award, and was a finalist for the 1991 National Book Award, and The Fields of Praise:  New and Selected Poems, which won the 1998 Poets' Prize and was a finalist for the 1997 National Book Award.  Her honors include two NEA creative writing fellowships, the 1990 Connecticut Arts Award, a Fulbright Teaching Fellowship, and a 2001 Guggenheim Fellowship.  In 2012, the Poetry Society of America awarded her the Frost Medal.  Nelson is a professor emeritus of English at the University of Connecticut and the founder and director of Soul Mountain Retreat.  She was poet laureate of the State of Connecticut from 2001-2006.

William and Kim Stafford, Emily Dickinson, Derek Walcott, Jorie Graham, Leigh Hunt, Elizabeth Bishop, Luis Montero, David Wright, Gerald Stern, Judith Viorst, Philip Larkin, Seneca, Rumi, Hafiz, Stephen Grellett, C. K. Williams, Eleanor Lerman, Mark Doty, Hilarie Jones, Marilyn Nelson, … Continue reading → The post THE EMERGENCY OF BEING ALIVE (William Stafford): –POETRY AS BRAIN ROADS THE DOCTOR CALLS FOR– ENGINEERING ALTERNATIVE LIFE ROUTES, SCENIC ROUTES, EVACUATION ROUTES first appeared on Dr. Barbara Mossberg » Poetry Slowdown.

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Flattering the Rich, Exploiting the Poor: Labor Day 2006* for Sunday 10 September 2006; book review: *Darkness Is My Only Companion; A Christian Response to Mental Illness* by Kathryn Greene-McCreight (2006); film review: *Touch the Sound* (2004); poem review: *Churchgoing* by Marilyn Nelson.