Four Poets Reflect on the Role of Poetry In Challenging Times

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🗓️ 5 March 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Renowned poet June Jordan viewed poetry as a way of “taking control of the language of your life” and as “a foundation for true community.” Jordan, who started the Poetry for the People program at the University of California Berkeley, thoughtof poetry as a way to speak truth. We check in with four poets -- Jasmine Mans, Marcelo Hernandez Castillo, Aja Monet and Solmaz Sharif -- about making art during a challenging time, and what poems are sustaining their spirits. And, we want to hear from you, what are the first few lines of your favorite poem and what poets are you reading these days? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:08.0	Renowned poet June Jordan viewed poetry as a way of, quote, taking control of the language of your life and as a foundation for true community.
1:11.5	Jordan, who started the Poetry for the People program at the University of California, Berkeley, thought of poetry as a way to speak truth. We check in with four poets,
1:17.1	Jasmine Mans, Marcelo Hernandez-Castillo, Ajamonet, and Solma Sharif about making art and telling
1:22.7	their truths during a challenging time and what poems are sustaining their spirits. And we want to hear from you, what are the first few lines of your favorite poem
1:30.5	and what poets are you reading these days?
1:32.9	Email us at forum at kQED.org.
1:35.2	That's all next after this news.
1:56.3	Hello and welcome to Forum. I'm Ariana Prail, and I'm one of many different voices KQED will be bringing to you often week by week as we search for a new host in this 9 a.m. hour.
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