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Poetry & imagination creativity

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Lucille Clifton & Sonia Sanchez: Mirrors & Windows

Clifton & Sanchez - Mirrors & Windows 10/24/2001 at The New School, New York, NY. Moderated by Eisa Davis.

Lucille Clifton

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Poetry Breaks: Lucille Clifton on Where Ideas Come From

Poetry Breaks features short videos of internationally renowned poets reading their work, reading the work of other poets, and discussing their takes on poetry in a variety of locations.

Lucille Clifton

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The Courage to Create—Poetry in the Age of Technology

"The lowest trees have tops..."--William Shakespeare

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The Art of the Metaphor - Jane Hirshfield

How do metaphors help us better understand the world? And, what makes a good metaphor? Explore these questions with writers like Langston Hughes and Carl Sandburg, who have mastered the art of bringing a scene or emotion to life. Lesson by Jane Hirshfield, animation by Ben Pearce

Jane Hirshfield

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NDN Coping Mechanisms: Notes from the Field

In the follow-up to his Griffin Poetry Prize–winning collection, This Wound is a World, Billy-Ray Belcourt writes using the modes of accusation and interrogation.

Billy-Ray Belcourt

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Sherman Alexie: Plainspoken Inspiration

We recently spoke with Sherman Alexie by phone to hear his thoughts on inspiration, and the role it plays in his creative practice.

Rebecca Gross, Sherman Alexie

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Sonia Sanchez-Black Arts Movement (Bam) to Hip Hop

This was a panel discussion from a few years back where several members of the Black Arts Movement spoke including poet Sonia Sanchez . They gave up game on the History of the Black Arts Movement, their lives and the role art plays in shaping politics and the world around them.

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Poetry Everywhere: “One Boy Told Me” by Naomi Shihab Nye

Naomi Shihab Nye reads her poem "One Boy Told Me." Part of the Poetry Everywhere project airing on public television. Produced by David Grubin Productions and WGBH Boston, in association with the Poetry Foundation. Filmed at the Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival

Naomi Shihab Nye

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Listen to the Mustn'ts

A wonderful reminder from Shel Silverstein to never let others limit your potential.

In respect of copyright, we cannot display the poem here. Click the link to read it.

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