Episode 43: Mail from the Midwest

from Take this poem · host Mary Giudice

In the course of a week I received two poetry gifts from friends afar. And not just plain poems-- poems with reflections! My catnip. I decided to put the poems together and make it a party. Tom Clark reads "We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks and Melinda Westervelt reads "A Little Lesson in How To Be" by Kathryn Nuernberger. Brooks is a jewel in American poetry, and the ending of Nuernberger's poem gave me goosebumps. ENJOY!

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