Topic: Poetry

Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson reads Jane Hirshfield’s poem "Today, Another Universe" from her collection Ledger.

Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson reads Natasha Trethewey’s poem "Elegy" from her collection Thrall.

Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson reads Patricia Smith’s "Thankful" from her collection Blood Dazzler.

Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson reads Ilya Kaminsky's poem "We Lived Happily During the War."

Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson reads Carl Phillips's poem "Little Winter."

Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson reads Kiki Petrosino's poem "Prelude."

Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson reads Jaki Shelton Green's poem "i know the grandmother one had hands."

Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson reads Tyehimba Jess' poem "Fort Mose."

Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson reads Chloe Martinez's poem "To the Fossils Embedded in the Floor of the Met’s Medieval Galleries."

Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson reads Cece Peri's poem "It’s Noir."

Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson reads Henry Morro's poem "Any Job."

Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson reads Suzanne Lummis's poem "Why I Am Not the Los Angeles River."

Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson reads W. S. Merwin's poem "To the New Year ."

Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson reads Toi Derricotte's poem "Christmas Eve: My Mother Dressing."