Poetry

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Poem | Kyiv

"I don’t believe in poetry / the poet said to the plant / trying to be a tree / in the rubble of the city."

Out Loud

On this episode, spoken-word poet and professor Joshua Bennett shares his love for the art form, highlighting its capacity for community-building and liberation.
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Poem | Baptism

“Can you see, outside the church window, / the small corner of opened earth, / where land mixes with violets and old bones?”
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Poem | Idiom

“Mary didn’t merely bring Him forth / in winter words and murk of night, / but idiom as bright as birth: / She gave Him to the light.”
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