O, Miami Celebrates Poetry for All

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April 28, 2015

A poem for every person is the goal of the annual O, Miami poetry festival. As the festival draws to a close, Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson speaks with founder and organizer Scott Cunningham about some of the festival highlights, including an event that enlists dogs to wear bandanas with a line of Emily Dickinson poetry, and a project that inscribed a passage of poetry on urinals around Miami.

Ian Thomas installs a Murinal at the Wolfsonian Museum in Miami Beach. (Gesi Schilling/O, Miami)

O, My Animals Poetry Bandanas created by Melanie Almeder. (Gesi Schilling/O, Miami)

Poetry in the park at the O, Miami poetry festival. (Gesi Schilling/O, Miami)

Randy Garcia as "Shel Shiverstein" distributes free mango and strawberry Poetry Pops during O, Miami. (Gesi Schilling/O, Miami)

Guest

P. Scott Cunningham, founder and director of O, Miami. He tweets @cunningpscott.

This segment aired on April 28, 2015.