For National Poetry Month, together we will read and write poems—(ours, other people’s) and answer these questions:

What is a poem?

Why should we read them?

How do we write them?

If we write them already, why do we write them....

Then we’ll read out loud together.

Esther Cohen’s poems and pieces have appeared in the New York Times, on NPR, and on the radio show On Being. She’s the author of five books and this April will publish a new book of poems, I’m Getting Older (Pleasure Boat Press). She is the Facebook Poet and posts a poem a day at esthercohen.com.

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