Roses are red,

red, violets are blue.

Today is a special episode for you.

Hello, I'm Sam Sanders and a poet.

I'm Saeed Jones and I'm being tested.

And I'm Jack Safford and you're listening to Vibe Check, National Poetry Month edition.

Yes, that's right.

April is National Poetry Month.

Obviously, this podcast, Vibe Check officially is a fan of poetry, which I love and adore.

For a while now, Sam has been like,

we should do an all-poetry episode.

Yes, I've had a gun to Saeed's head

for a few months now.

I was like, no. I like, he that gun to my head and I was like,

Michael Jackson just like, put the gun down. Let's just dance.

Let's just dance.

But I finally decide down and he was like, oh, I have a friend I can call and we're like who's your

friend and he's like oh yeah the national poet laureate just casually I got a deep bench

I mean but you know my friend Ada Lamone is the U.S. poet laureate which is to say if you're not familiar with this is a role selected by the

U.S. Library of Congress. I think the

terms are usually two years, sometimes they're like renewals, but it's this

person who's appointed to be an advocate for poetry and to engage communities all across the country and

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