In this latest episode of “Village Voice” poet Richard Blanco explores poems on motherhood.
“Since we did National Poetry Month, I figured we’d revisit Mother’s Day…My mother occupies a lot of my poetry, and my psyche.”
Richard shares the inspiration for writing “Mother Picking Produce,” after reading the poem “Red Wheelbarrow” by William Carlos Williams.
“‘So much depends upon a red wheelbarrow’…I was studying that poem when I first started writing and I was looking at my mother in the kitchen, her everyday routine… how much depends upon my mother.” read more…