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The Writer's Almanac is a daily podcast and newsletter of poetry and historical interest pieces, usually of literary significance. Begun as a radio program in 1993, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] it is hosted by Garrison Keillor and was produced and distributed by American Public Media through November 2017.
"School Prayer" is a poem written by American poet and naturalist Diane Ackerman; [1] it is the first of 50 poems in Ackerman's book I Praise My Destroyer, [2] which was published in 1998. "School Prayer" is a pledge to protect and revere nature, in every form it may appear.
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Several of his poems, including "One of the Locals", were read by Garrison Keillor on The Writer's Almanac. [4] A chapter dedicated to Starck's poetry, “Clemens Starck: ‘poems in my head, a hammer in my hand,” is within Durable Goods: Appreciations of Oregon Poets, [5] written by Erik Muller and published by Mountains & Rivers Press in 2017.
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As Poet Laureate, Collins instituted the program Poetry 180 for high schools. Collins chose 180 poems for the program and the accompanying book, Poetry 180: A Turning Back to Poetry—one for each day of the school year. Collins edited a second anthology, 180 More Extraordinary Poems for Every Day to refresh the supply of available poems. [16]
Leaves of Grass is a poetry collection by American poet Walt Whitman.Though it was first published in 1855, Whitman spent most of his professional life writing, rewriting, and expanding Leaves of Grass [1] until his death in 1892.
In 2000, Michael J. Farrand adapted the rhyming scheme, tone, and theme of the poem—while reversing the outcome—to create his poem "The Man Who Gave All the Dreamers in Baseball Land Bigger Dreams to Dream" about Kirk Gibson's home run off Dennis Eckersley in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series. The poem appears at the Baseball Almanac.