Poetry in America - Season 1
Season 1
Episodes
I Cannot Dance Opon My Toes, by Emily Dickinson
"I cannot dance upon my toes" by Emily Dickinson, featuring Cynthia Nixon, Marie Howe, Yo Yo Ma, Jill Johnson
Fast Break, by Edward Hirsch
"Fast Break" by Edward Hirsch, featuring Shaquille O'Neal, Edward Hirsch, Shane Battier, Pau Gasol, and a chorus of pick-up basketball players
Those Winter Sundays, by Robert Hayden
"Those Winter Sundays" by Robert Hayden, featuring Vice President Joe Biden, Elizabeth Alexander, Angela Duckworth, and a chorus of working fathers and sons
Hymmnn and Hum Bom, by Allen Ginsberg
"Hymmnn" and "Hum Bom" by Allen Ginsberg, featuring Bono, Juan Felipe Herrera, and a chorus of religious chant practitioners
Skyscraper, by Carl Sandburg
"Skyscraper" by Carl Sandburg, featuring Frank Gehry, Robert Polito, Zhang Xin, and a chorus of National Student Poets
Harlem, by Langston Hughes
"Harlem" by Langston Hughes, featuring Herbie Hancock, Bill Clinton, Sonia Sanchez, and a chorus of kids at the Harlem Children's Zone
Musée des Beaux Arts, by W.H. Auden
"Musee des Beaux Arts" by W.H. Auden, featuring Samantha Power, Peter Sacks, David Brooks
Shirt, by Robert Pinsky
"Shirt" by Robert Pinsky, featuring Stuart Weitzman, Robert Pinsky, Betty Halbreich, Johnson Hartig, and students at Parsons School of Design
To Prisoners, by Gwendolyn Brooks
"To Prisoners" by Gwendolyn Brooks, featuring Anna Deveare Smith, John McCain, Reginald Dwayne Betts, Li-Young Lee, and Innocence Project Exonerees
The Gray Heron, by Galway Kinnell
"The Gray Heron" by Galway Kinnell, featuring E.O. Wilson, Robert Hass, Laura McPhee, and young naturalists at the Massachusetts Audubon Society
New York State of Mind, by Nas
"New York State of Mind" by Nas, featuring Nas, Steve Stoute, Ben Horowitz, Salamishah Tillet, and a chorus of hip hop heads
The New Colossus, by Emma Lazarus
"The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus, featuring Regina Spector, Duy Doan, Randi Weingarten, David Rubenstein, and Cristina Jimenez.
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