Episode Synopsis "Episode 7: National Poetry Month"

This month’s Ides of Byram episode celebrates the 25th anniversary of April as National Poetry Month. A special thank you to the teachers who volunteered to read a favorite poem. Enjoy! Featured Poems: “The Red Wheelbarrow,” by William Carlos Williams (read by Bryan Horn) “An Old Woman of the Roads,” by Padraic Colum (read by Maria Montalbano) “Today,” by Billy Collins (read by Lisa Squadron) “El Salvador,” by Javier Zamora (read by Eric Odynocki) “What Was Told, That” by Jalal al-Din Rumi (read by Gary McCarthy) “Spring,” by Edna St. Vincent Millay (read by Letty Nardone) “A House Called Tomorrow,” by Alberto Ríos (read by Jessica Shaw) “Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening,” by Robert Frost (read by Brian Melso) “The Tiger Who Wore White Gloves,” by Gwendolyn Brooks (read by Jacqueline Salvato) “They Ask Me Why I Teach,” by Glennice Harmon (read by Dennis Covert) “Put Something In,” by Shel Silverstein (read by Michael Chuney) “Ulysses,” by Alfred Lord Tennyson (read by Amy Menasche) “The Summer Day,” by Mary Oliver (read by Duane Smith) For more information on how to celebrate National Poetry Month, visit the following link: https://poets.org/national-poetry-month/30-ways-celebrate-national-poetry-month

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