Tower Poetry 2017: Qianling Stele'

Peter McDonald, Vahni Capildeo and Sarah Howe discuss the 2017 Tower Poetry competition. Tower Poetry started in 2000 when a generous bequest to Christ Church, University of Oxford was made by the late Christopher Tower to stimulate an enjoyment and critical appreciation of poetr ... Show More

Ella Standage, first prize winner in the 2017 Tower Poetry competition, reads her poem rosetta. 

Freya Gray Stone, commended prize winner in the 2017 Tower Poetry competition, reads her poem I am a river. 

Aria Aber joins Kevin Young to read “Half Light,” by Frank Bidart, and her own poem “Dirt and Light.” Aber is a Whiting Award recipient, a current Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University, and the author of “Hard Damage,” which won the Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry. ... Show More

Dr Anne Casey, a poet and writer teaches us the joy of poetry. 

Ada Limón joins Kevin Young to read “You Belong to The World,” by Carrie Fountain, and her own poem “Hell or High Water.” Limón is the current United States Poet Laureate and the recipient of a MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship. She’s the author of six books—including “The Carrying,” ... Show More

A poem to connect to, to end the year well. 

A reading of 'The Little Red Balloon', the winning entry in the 15-18 category of the Children's Short Story competition, by 17-year-old Emma Broderick, of Muckross Park College, Dublin. 

<p>Camille Dungy on her garden, writing from the provinces, and the poetry of Anne Spencer. </p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertisi ... Show More

Our Guest Speaker, Mr. Bass, recites his favorite Shel Silversrtein poem. Click and enjoy!