Love letters to a past and future assassin "In a second I'll tell you how little writing rescues." That promise, from the opening poem of Terrance Hayes' "American Sonnets for My Past and Future... Bill Radke
#NewsPoet: Talking to your kids after a school shooting In the wake of school shootings like the one in Parkland, Florida this year, parents are asking: "How do I talk to my child about mass shootings?" KUOW... Casey Martin
#NewsPoet: Witnessing the last execution in Washington News stories can be disturbing sometimes, but KUOW has a way to help process these stories. We call it #NewsPoet — and it involves a Pacific Northwest... Casey Martin
Performing blackness in white spaces — including on public radio Poet Imani Sims sits down with Carvell Wallace, New York Times magazine contributor and host of the podcast "Closer Than They Appear," for an honest conversation about performing blackness in white spaces. Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong
This #NewsPoet was inspired by tradition and oysters Starting this month KUOW is celebrating local poetry with a series called #NewsPoet. A Pacific Northwest poet writes an original piece inspired by a... Casey Martin
The death of Charleena Lyles inspired this KUOW #NewsPoet The news can be troubling and sometimes disturbing. For poets it can be a source of inspiration. To help process the stories in our news feeds, we... Casey Martin
KUOW's #NewsPoet: Imani Sims Today KUOW launches a new series celebrating Pacific Northwest writers. We invite local poets to write an original piece inspired by a KUOW news story.... Casey Martin
A poetic ode to the demolition of the Richard Hugo House In the poem "Maybe This Building Should Go" — and a series of redactions — Frances McCue considers the emotional pull of particular places and buildings... Elizabeth Austen
So much to do. But still make time for poetry In a parallel universe, poets stand on street corners and recite for us. We stop what we’re doing and gather together with friends and strangers to... John O'Brien
The words that hold our souls inside them When you're the poet laureate of Washington state, you log a lot of time on the road. "I got a new car for the job," laughs Tod Marshall . It came to... Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong
