Marilyn Nelson on Her Beautiful and Powerful Poetry

Marilyn Nelson on Her Beautiful and Powerful Poetry

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Marilyn Nelson is an American poet, translator, and children’s book author. She is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Connecticut and the former poet laureate of Connecticut. In this episode, Eric and Marilyn discuss several of her poems and the inspiration and meaning behind them But wait – there’s more! The episode is not quite over!! We continue the conversation and you can access this exclusive content right in your podcast player feed. Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month. It’s that simple and we’ll give you good stuff as a thank you! Marilyn Nelson and I Discuss her Beautiful and Powerful Poetry and…

Her book, How I Discovered Poetry

“Mississippi” poem

Her book, A Wreath for Emmett Till

Her use of the unique poetry form of heroic crown of sonnets

“Rosemary for Remembrance” poem

“Let Me Gather Spring Flowers for a Wreath” poem

“Like His Gouged Eye” poem

How poetry comes out of silence and leads us back to silence

A life well lived includes the gifts of silence, contemplation, and self knowledge

How we need to make an effort to find silence in a noisy world

Her book, Carver

“Professor Carver’s Bible Class” poem

Her book, Snook Alone, the story of a dog

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