Living, Breathing Poetry
An episode of the On Theme podcast, hosted by iHeartPodcasts, titled "Living, Breathing Poetry" was published on April 25, 2024 and runs 35 minutes.
April 25, 2024 ·35m · On Theme
Episode Description
Many anthologies of nature poetry and Black poetry have excluded Black nature poetry. But Black people have always written poetry about nature. We write about the land that supports us and challenges us. We write about the animals we care for and the disasters that destroy our homes. We write about the rivers we cross and the soil we till.
Black nature poems reflect the enormous range of experiences that we have in our physical environments. As they show us, nature can haunt, and nature can heal. In today’s episode, Katie and Yves discuss the work of a few writers who train their words on the natural world.
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