Morning Edition Community Poem

Well morning edition listeners get ready to add another work to the canon.

Morning edition community poem. Thu nguyen washington d c. So community sourced poems. This community poem was created using submissions by. After the death of ahmaud arbery morning edition asked for your reactions to the killing in the shape of a poem.

Earlier this month we asked you to help us write a poem. As he does with other crowdsourced poems for morning edition alexander compiled lines from some of the submissions and created a community poem. If the trees can keep dancing so can i. Kwame alexander morning edition community sports poem poet kwame alexander creates a poem from submissions about tennis baseball ballet track football basketball and hockey as well as.

Morning edition listeners stitch together a community poem new york times bestselling author kwame alexander joins npr s rachel martin to share a holiday poem collectively written by morning. For this latest community poem npr poet in residence kwame alexander sifted through more than 1 000 submissions reacting to the killing of ahmaud abrery and created a poem that speaks with one voice. Becky boling northfield minn. When video of the incident was released it was met with public outcry and protest.

Here s our co host rachel martin. What i m learning about grief. After the death of ahmaud arbery morning edition asked for your reactions to the killing in the shape of a poem. Contributors are credited at the bottom.

Contributors are credited at the bottom. The 25 year old black man was shot and killed by two white men while he was out for a jog in february in glynn county ga. New york times bestselling author kwame alexander joins npr s rachel martin to share a holiday poem collectively written by morning edition listeners.