Few poets have stayed with me as long—or as deeply—as Elizabeth Bishop. You can imagine my excitement to join Kevin Young on The New Yorker Podcast to read and reflect on Bishop's poem, "Questions of Travel." Inspired by the years she spent living in Brazil,...
More than a decade after reading my...
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It was an absolute dream...
Who would have thought how far one can travel on the wings of poetry? This life continues to amaze me. Here I am, with my husband, Mark, and Miami's finest, Mayor Daniella Levine Cava. It was an honor to write and recite a poem for the 20th anniversary gala of the...
https://soundcloud.com/music-68-2/until-we-could I was deeply moved by this choral composition of my poem “Until We Could,” by composer Oliver Caplan. Thank you, Oliver, and the New Hampshire Master Chorale, for this beautiful song—an affirmation, an act of humanity,...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mOhzAVbWj8 “As poets, we ask questions that aren't being asked. Art humanizes issues that are abstracted by the media… When I write a poem of witness, I see a face, a name, beyond the idea… I think this is the role of poetry in civic...
#FlashbackFriday to reflections on the power of poetry in civic discourse: Robert Frost’s...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9c5a2PfxjI&t=1764s A magical night with the creative team of “Waiting for Snow in Havana,” a musical in development that I am working on as co-lyricist. We shared demos of several songs, talked about the creative process, and next...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PEnYtG34HY Last week, I read poems on the lawn of the historic Longfellow House. I left with a renewed sense of hope for humanity — inspired by all who shared the space and placed their faith in words, in a shared vision of the America...