National Poetry Month

We're enjoying National Poetry Month with O, Miami and some of our favorite Zip Odes.

Poet and educator Caridad Moro-Gronlier joins WLRN's Carlos Frías to talk about life and poetry. Moro-Gronlier is the author of the book "Tortillera," which examines how language, culture and place put expectations on sexuality and identity. She is presenting at multiple events for O, Miami's poetry festival this month.

“I think too often we see the idea of a poet being a certain type of person. Like you have to be like William Shakespeare to be considered a poet. And honestly, that's not true at all [...] Everyone has their own identity and their own poem in them."

Writer Alexandra T. Vazquez joins WLRN's Carlos Frías to talk about her book "The Florida Room" — she uses it as a metaphor, as a place that’s in-between spaces. She discusses how culture and music mix in Florida, and specifically, Miami.

Hanif Abdurraqib is an award-winning poet, essayist and journalist. His writing reflects on music, culture, sneakers, and prayer. He joins Carlos Frías to talk about the daily rituals he revels in and the music that formed him as the youngest of four siblings.

It’s almost April. And that means it’s time for poetry to pop up in unexpected places throughout Miami-Dade County — thanks to O, Miami. The poetry foundation floods the county with guerrilla poetry all month where you least expect it. Carlos Frías sits down with founder P. Scott Cunningham to talk about what's coming up this April.

The city of Miami gives off a rhythm and sound all its own. It comes from years of Caribbean and Latin American cultures tumbling into each other. Every April, during National Poetry Month, the O, Miami poetry festival uses poetry as a loudspeaker for what locals love about the city.

The first-ever National Poetry Month Festival at Riviera Beach City Marina aims to help people find solace during the pandemic.

On this Monday, April 27, episode of Sundial:When Should Florida Reopen? Florida is experiencing a bit of an identity crisis. From Jacksonville to…

Tuesday is the last day of April and that means the end of National Poetry Month. Here in South Florida we’ve been marking this month with your five-lined…

Miami is the backyard of the Caribbean and it’s National Poetry Month, so naturally there’s a convening that will blend South Florida’s Caribbean roots…

Richard Blanco is coming home. Wherever that is. What the poet has learned -- as the son of Cuban exiles growing up in Miami, then wandering, traveling…