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Chinatown Diptych


By Jenny Xie

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The Mower's Song


By Andrew Marvell

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To an Unknown Poet


By Yone Noguchi

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Reggae Story


By Hannah Lowe

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Driving to Santa Fe


By Paisley Rekdal

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Donal Og


By Augusta, Lady Gregory

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The Woman Who Was Small, Not Because the World Expanded


By Monica Sok

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Ode on a Grecian Urn


By John Keats

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The Windhover

By Gerard Manley Hopkins

Read by Mark di Suvero

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Lychees

By Meena Alexander

Films

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Blues for Albert ‘Prodigy’ Johnson & Carl ‘Haystee’ Samuel

By Kayo Chingonyi

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Programs & recordings

The Time Before Now at CIACLA

April 14th, 2022

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News

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Poems of Ukraine: a collection

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August update: 60 poems by 23 poets

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Daydreams poetry installation at Tippet Rise

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April text archive update: 54 new poems

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Brinkerhoff Poetry films at St. Patrick's Festival 2021

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Our aim is to expand access to poetry and educational poetry materials, gathering great poems from across places, eras, and traditions.

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«Our mission is to bring the legacy of poetry to a younger generation.»

Sample47 CATHY HALSTEAD – FOUNDER

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Poet in the City

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