We're excited to launch our first episode of Politics and Poetry, a new podcast about the power of poetry to engage us in political conversations. Join three generations of political activists and poetry lovers as we read and share a curated collection of ideas written by critics, reporters, authors, poets, historians and politicians to spur thoughtful discussion about the ways that poets and politicians use voice, rhyme, rhythm, meter, verse and alliteration to capture our interest and spark change.
References:
Angelou, M. (1944). The complete collected poems of Maya Angelou. Random House Inc.
Dove, R. (1992). Demeter's Prayer to Hades. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/browse?volume=161&issue=1&page=27
Frost, R. (1969). The poetry of Robert Frost. Henry Holt & Co.
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. (n.d.). Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, June 14, 1956. https://www.jfklibrary.org/archives/other-resources/john-f-kennedy-speeches/harvard-university-19560614
Lorde, A. (1997). The collected poems of Audre Lorde. W. W. Norton and Company Inc.
Lundberg, J. (2008, October 1). The poetry of a political speech. HuffPost. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-poetry-of-a-political_b_122472
Assaf M. and Nadir T. (2014). "Poetry and poets in the public sphere". Israel Affairs. 20 (2): 141–160.
Oliver, M (1994). A poetry handbook. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Orr, D (2008). "The Politics of Poetry". Poetry. 192 (4): 409–418.
Ó Tuama, P. (2020-present). Poetry Unbound [Audio Podcast]. The On Being Project. https://onbeing.org/series/poetry-unbound/
Parker, D. (2010). Complete poems. Penguin Books.
Poetry Foundation. (n.d.). Political Poems. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/collections/144562/political-poems
Quart, A (2019, October 23). Elizabeth Warren has a poet on her team The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/23/opinion/political-poetry.html?searchResultPosition=1&fbclid=IwAR18c-ZwxUf5jhiaMxVXmI5dizsG3Yc24duUFahs_9ry3AB4FS_o5j1y54Y
Shelley, P. B. (2009). A defence of poetry. Poetry Foundation. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/69388/a-defence-of-poetry
Warren, E. (2015). A fighting chance. Macmillan.
Williams, M. (1999). Some jazz a while. University of Illinois Press.
PolyArchive. (2015). William Butler Yeats on poetry. https://polyarchive.com/william-butler-yeats-on-poetry/
Yeats, W. B. n.d. When you are old. http://www.columbia.edu/~ey2172/yeats.html
Learn More:
Elizabeth Alexander - www.elizabethalexander.net
Rita Dove -https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/rita-dove
Audre Lorde - www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/audre-lorde
David Orr - www.davidorr.com
Padraig O’Tuama - www.padraigotuama.com / https://onbeing.org/series/poetry-unbound/
Dorothy Parker - https://dorothyparker.com/
Alissa Quart- www.alissaquart.com
Elizabeth Warren - https://elizabethwarren.com
Miller Williams - www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/miller-williams
