poetryAmanda Gorman's Poetry Opened The Door, And 'Let Everyone In'The 22-year-old poet is the right messenger for this pivotal time in our history, writes January Gill O'Neil.CognoscentiJan 22, 2021George The Poet's Genre-Bending Call For ChangeWe talk to George the Poet about his podcast (full of music, poetry, radio drama, fantasy) and his lifelong push for social change. ResumeOn Point47:33Jun 17, 2020'Duke Rhymes With Puke': One Family's NCAA Poetry SmackdownTremaine Monshizadeh and her grandma Audrey Versteeg had very different feelings about the Duke men's basketball team. So they trash talked via poem. ResumeOnly A Game07:16Mar 20, 2020Super Bowl Haiku XXVIOnly A Game's beloved tradition continues. ResumeOnly A Game06:13Jan 31, 2020Former U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith's Poetry Road Trip Across AmericaA conversation with the Pulitzer Prize winning-poet Tracy K. Smith. She spent a year traveling the country as U.S. poet laureate. Where did she go?ResumeOn Point46:46Jan 15, 2020AdvertisementA Conversation With Joy Harjo, The First Native American Poet LaureateThe new poet laureate of the United States is also the first Native American appointed to the post. We'll talk with Joy Harjo. ResumeOn Point47:08Jun 26, 2019How One WNBA Player Found Her Purpose In PoetryImani McGee-Stafford is a center for the WNBA’s Atlanta Dream. She says poetry helped save her life.ResumeOnly A Game12:51Dec 21, 2018The Story Of A Poet's Obsession With The NBA's D'Angelo RussellPoet Mikko Harvey is obsessed with Brooklyn Nets guard D'Angelo Russell. "I google him constantly," Harvey says. "It's the weirdest thing I do."ResumeOnly A Game09:53Sep 21, 2018Poem: Put That Phone Away!For those of you who look at your phones even when you are supposed to be relaxing, this is for you.CognoscentiApr 24, 2018Poem: Hostility To StabilityCognoscenti's poet of the political scene, Erika Fine, reflects, in verse, on our commander in chief's reaction to a new book about the Trump White House. CognoscentiJan 10, 2018Poem: If Asked, Should Championship Teams Visit The White House?Each player has a voice, writes Bill Littlefield, and every invitation is a chance to make a choice.CognoscentiJul 12, 2017It’s Poetry Month: Side Effects May Include A Respite From All That NewsVerse offerings from Somerville poet Ed Meek.CognoscentiApr 12, 2017Boston Poet Duy Doan On Vietnamese Heritage, Bilingual PoetryDuy Doan is the recipient of this year's Yale Younger Poets Prize, a prestigious poetry award for poets who have not yet published a book. ResumeRadio Boston09:22Mar 31, 2017Reliving The Poetry Of Derek WalcottWe’ll dive once more into the dazzling literary legacy of Nobel Prize-winning Caribbean poet and playwright Derek Walcott.ResumeOn Point48:21Mar 22, 2017Up In The Rare Air: Class With Derek WalcottA former student of the late poet and playwright, who died Friday at the age of 87, recalls the Nobel laureate's "brilliant terror." CognoscentiMar 20, 2017If Trump Won't Give Us Inauguration Poetry, Let Us Read WhitmanWriter Leslie Lawrence was 10 when she saw her first president sworn in. She remembers only the inaugural poet, Robert Frost. This year, she calls on Americans to read the...CognoscentiJan 19, 2017When Even Words FailSince Election Day, writes Aine Greaney, I learned that poetry-as-therapy has its limitations. This time, for this tragedy, the words don't assuage, and new ones -- my own -- won’t...CognoscentiNov 28, 2016'We Want The World And We Want It Now': The Hot Glow Of Art In Post-Election AmericaPolitical movements grow through the press of bodies and the melding of voices in songs and poetry, writes Julie Wittes Schlack. CognoscentiNov 21, 2016Poem: A Conversation Between Two LiberalsVoters who are disheartened by Donald Trump’s victory are reacting in different ways. Cognoscenti's poet of the political scene, Erika Fine, captures, in verse, a "conversation" between an escapist and...CognoscentiNov 14, 2016Poem: Trump, UnfurledCognoscenti's poet of the political scene, Erika Fine, reflects, in verse, on the stunning outcome of the election.CognoscentiNov 9, 2016Next Page
Amanda Gorman's Poetry Opened The Door, And 'Let Everyone In'The 22-year-old poet is the right messenger for this pivotal time in our history, writes January Gill O'Neil.CognoscentiJan 22, 2021
George The Poet's Genre-Bending Call For ChangeWe talk to George the Poet about his podcast (full of music, poetry, radio drama, fantasy) and his lifelong push for social change. ResumeOn Point47:33Jun 17, 2020
'Duke Rhymes With Puke': One Family's NCAA Poetry SmackdownTremaine Monshizadeh and her grandma Audrey Versteeg had very different feelings about the Duke men's basketball team. So they trash talked via poem. ResumeOnly A Game07:16Mar 20, 2020
Former U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith's Poetry Road Trip Across AmericaA conversation with the Pulitzer Prize winning-poet Tracy K. Smith. She spent a year traveling the country as U.S. poet laureate. Where did she go?ResumeOn Point46:46Jan 15, 2020
A Conversation With Joy Harjo, The First Native American Poet LaureateThe new poet laureate of the United States is also the first Native American appointed to the post. We'll talk with Joy Harjo. ResumeOn Point47:08Jun 26, 2019
How One WNBA Player Found Her Purpose In PoetryImani McGee-Stafford is a center for the WNBA’s Atlanta Dream. She says poetry helped save her life.ResumeOnly A Game12:51Dec 21, 2018
The Story Of A Poet's Obsession With The NBA's D'Angelo RussellPoet Mikko Harvey is obsessed with Brooklyn Nets guard D'Angelo Russell. "I google him constantly," Harvey says. "It's the weirdest thing I do."ResumeOnly A Game09:53Sep 21, 2018
Poem: Put That Phone Away!For those of you who look at your phones even when you are supposed to be relaxing, this is for you.CognoscentiApr 24, 2018
Poem: Hostility To StabilityCognoscenti's poet of the political scene, Erika Fine, reflects, in verse, on our commander in chief's reaction to a new book about the Trump White House. CognoscentiJan 10, 2018
Poem: If Asked, Should Championship Teams Visit The White House?Each player has a voice, writes Bill Littlefield, and every invitation is a chance to make a choice.CognoscentiJul 12, 2017
It’s Poetry Month: Side Effects May Include A Respite From All That NewsVerse offerings from Somerville poet Ed Meek.CognoscentiApr 12, 2017
Boston Poet Duy Doan On Vietnamese Heritage, Bilingual PoetryDuy Doan is the recipient of this year's Yale Younger Poets Prize, a prestigious poetry award for poets who have not yet published a book. ResumeRadio Boston09:22Mar 31, 2017
Reliving The Poetry Of Derek WalcottWe’ll dive once more into the dazzling literary legacy of Nobel Prize-winning Caribbean poet and playwright Derek Walcott.ResumeOn Point48:21Mar 22, 2017
Up In The Rare Air: Class With Derek WalcottA former student of the late poet and playwright, who died Friday at the age of 87, recalls the Nobel laureate's "brilliant terror." CognoscentiMar 20, 2017
If Trump Won't Give Us Inauguration Poetry, Let Us Read WhitmanWriter Leslie Lawrence was 10 when she saw her first president sworn in. She remembers only the inaugural poet, Robert Frost. This year, she calls on Americans to read the...CognoscentiJan 19, 2017
When Even Words FailSince Election Day, writes Aine Greaney, I learned that poetry-as-therapy has its limitations. This time, for this tragedy, the words don't assuage, and new ones -- my own -- won’t...CognoscentiNov 28, 2016
'We Want The World And We Want It Now': The Hot Glow Of Art In Post-Election AmericaPolitical movements grow through the press of bodies and the melding of voices in songs and poetry, writes Julie Wittes Schlack. CognoscentiNov 21, 2016
Poem: A Conversation Between Two LiberalsVoters who are disheartened by Donald Trump’s victory are reacting in different ways. Cognoscenti's poet of the political scene, Erika Fine, captures, in verse, a "conversation" between an escapist and...CognoscentiNov 14, 2016
Poem: Trump, UnfurledCognoscenti's poet of the political scene, Erika Fine, reflects, in verse, on the stunning outcome of the election.CognoscentiNov 9, 2016