poetry

Laura McDermott Matheric, Coconut Creek’s first poet laureate, talks about being inspired by her community of 'Creekers' and how several learning disorders changed her life's trajectory from business to the arts.

Justin Eggen is an award-winning poet and U.S. Marine Corps combat veteran studying war poetry at Florida Atlantic University. He joins us to talk about using poetry to unravel his war experience.

Yaddyra Peralta is a Honduran-American poet and essayist in Miami. Her poetry doesn't just take us places. It bravely stands up for the places that are important to South Floridians.

Dalhia Perryman is the inaugural poet laureate of the City of West Palm Beach. She’ll tell us about her work as a poet, arts organizer and advocate against gun violence.

Herrera, the first Latino U.S. poet laureate, is in town for a summer institute hosted by O, Miami and the Poetry Foundation. He's helping teachers from around the country build lesson plans for their classrooms.

O, Miami has guided South Florida through National Poetry month for more than a decade. Now they've teamed up with Apple Maps for a guide to poetic places in Dade county.

Houston Cypress joins WLRN's Carlos Frías to talk about how plant medicine and translation from Miccosukee to English made him a poet. His work combines art and environmentalism with the Love the Everglades Movement. He’s also an artist in residence at Oolite Arts.

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.

Darius Daughtry is the founder of Art Prevails Project, an organization that aims to strengthen South Florida's communities through literature and the performing arts. He joins WLRN's Carlos Frías ahead of this weekend's Our Voices: Festival of Words in Fort Lauderdale to talk about how art is healing.

Award-winning author Sandra Cisneros joins WLRN's Carlos Frías to talk about her latest book "Woman Without Shame." She reads from this new poetry collection about aging, desire, spirituality and shame.

“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.