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    With countless lights, Christmassy illuminated man-high trees and reindeer decorate the entrance of a shop
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    Opinion: T'was The Night Before Christmas in 2020

    Dec 19, 2020
    With apologies to Clement Clarke Moore, NPR's Scott Simon updates "A Visit from St. Nicholas" for 2020.
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    Slam poet and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Emi Mahmoud performs at the Sziget Festival in Hungary in 2019.
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    A World Champion Slam Poet Pivots To Medicine

    Aug 15, 2020
    Sudanese American Emi Mahmoud achieved massive success as a spoken word artist. Now she's switching things up and pursuing a career in science.
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    People react during a rally to protest the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery in Brunswick, Ga.
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    'Running For Your Life': A Community Poem For Ahmaud Arbery

    May 27, 2020
    For this latest community poem, NPR poet-in-residence Kwame Alexander sifted through more than 1,000 submissions reacting to the killing of Ahmaud Abrery and created a poem that speaks with one voice.
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    Let's Play Ball! Share Your Sports-Inspired Poems

    Nov 13, 2019
    NPR's Rachel Martin and poet-in-residence Kwame Alexander want to read your poems about sports. You can use sport as a metaphor for our lives — or simply write about the game or team you love.
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    Author Interviews
    <em>Felon: Poems</em>, by Reginald Dwayne Betts
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    'Felon' Author Says, 'Everybody Has To Tell Their Kids Something'

    Nov 03, 2019
    Lawyer-poet Reginald Dwayne Betts for years hid the fact that he had served time in prison. Now, this time in his life is at the center of his new collection of poems.
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    For National Poetry Month, Perspectives On Poetry, Identity And Inspiration

    Apr 30, 2019
    April is the most poetic month, and we're celebrating by asking poets Hanif Abdurraqib, Yanyi, and Franny Choi to talk about what inspires them to write, and how poetry helps express identity.
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    Code Switch
    April is National Poetry Month. From left to right, poets: Kaveh Akbar, Fatimah Asghar, Ada Limon, Hieu Minh Nguyen and Ashley M. Jones.
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    A Bouquet Of Poets For National Poetry Month

    Apr 28, 2019
    Looks like this year, April showers brought April flowers. As in, a bouquet of outstanding poets. So stop and smell the roses, my friends.
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    A Dr. Seuss-Like Poem About The Woman Who Pulled 14 Worms From Her Eye

    Feb 17, 2018
    Her story was so inspirational to readers that they literally sprung into verse, with a Dr. Seuss-inspired poem. What they created is the most joyful poem about eye worms ever written.
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    A Trauma Nurse Reflects On 'Compassion Fatigue'

    Apr 30, 2017
    Years of treating grievously injured people starts to wear on a person, a trauma nurse in Minneapolis says. She explores "compassion fatigue" in a semi-autobiographical poem.
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    A smog alert day in Dalian, China. The photo was taken on December 19.
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    Read The Smog-Inspired Poem That China Can't Stop Talking About

    Jan 12, 2017
    It's written from the perspective of lung cancer. And it's striking a chord on social media.
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    Body And Soul: In Conversation With Poet Sharon Olds

    Nov 30, 2016

    Poet Sharon Olds about her most recent book of poetry, "Odes."

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    Poet Patricia Smith On Storytelling In A Controlled Space

    Aug 26, 2016

    New Jersey-based poet Patricia Smith will bring her unique voice to Nevada with two readings.  

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    Poet Syd Stewart On Her Journey To Poetry

    Jul 25, 2016

    Syd Stewart is a poet, actor, and the founder of Better Youth, a Los Angeles-based organization that uses the arts to inspire young people. She lives in Los Angeles and Las Vegas.

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    Bird Of Prey, A Poem By Heather Lang

    Jul 11, 2016

    From Desert Companion: "Bird of Prey" by Heather Lang

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    Anti-Pastoral

    Jan 26, 2015
    Your green Arcadian hills do not interest me.The bird-bright eyes of every bird cared for,the way it is promised, the way it is written,everyone fat on...
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    Lee Mallory Wants To Be Las Vegas King Of Poetry

    Aug 25, 2014
    Many of us happily said goodbye poetry in high school.Why spend so much energy struggling with an image? Why worry about meter and rhyme when the same...
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    Lost Swans

    Jan 26, 2015
    At the baccarat table players bend cards into paper swans cranes, airplanes, exquisite origami sculptures one delicate, deliberate fold at a time...
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    30 Seconds of Drama: Reciting Poetry with Award Winner Amanda Titolo

    Apr 24, 2012
    Amanda Titolo spent three months preparing to recite a poem that lasted 30 seconds.  But the hard work paid off: the high school student won the Nevada State Poetry Out Loud Competition.
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    Poet C.D. Wright

    Apr 21, 2011
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