He lives in Lofall, Washington. Our ground, rooting us to every stalk, of corn, every head of wheat sown by sweat, and hands, hands gleaning coal or planting windmills, in deserts and hilltops that keep us warm, hands, digging trenches, routing pipes and cables, hands. He taught at Georgetown University, American University, and Central Connecticut State University. The dust of farms and deserts, cities and plains, mingled by one wind—our breath. Contermporary Australian Poet And Environmentalist. One sky, toward which we sometimes lift our eyes, tired from work: some days guessing at the weather, of our lives, some days giving thanks for a love, that loves you back, sometimes praising a mother, who knew how to give, or forgiving a father, We head home: through the gloss of rain or weight. breathing color into stained glass windows, life into the faces of bronze statues, warmth, onto the steps of our museums and park benches. Our ground, rooting us to every stalkof corn, every head of wheat sown by sweatand hands, hands gleaning coal or planting windmillsin deserts and hilltops that keep us warm, handsdigging trenches, routing pipes and cables, handsas worn as my father’s cutting sugarcaneso my brother and I could have books and shoes. He is the author of the poetry collections How to Love a Country (Beacon Press, 2019); Boundaries (Two Ponds Press, 2017), featuring photography by Jacob Bond Hessler; Matters of the Sea/Cosas del Mar (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2016); Looking for the Gulf Motel (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2012); Directions to the Beach of the Dead (University of Arizona Press, 2005), winner of the 2006 PEN/American Center Beyond Margins Award; and City of a Hundred Fires (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1998), winner of the 1997 Agnes Lynch Starrett National Poetry Prize. He is also the author of a memoir, The Prince of los Cocuyos (Ecco Press, 2014), a Lambda Literary Award–winning account of his childhood and adolescence coming to terms with his sexual, national, and cultural identities, and For All of Us, One Today: An Inaugural Poet’s Journey (Beacon Press, 2013). Richard Blanco was born on the 15th of February 1968, which was a Thursday. One sky, toward which we sometimes lift our eyestired from work: some days guessing at the weatherof our lives, some days giving thanks for a lovethat loves you back, sometimes praising a motherwho knew how to give, or forgiving a fatherwho couldn’t give what you wanted. Life. He lives in Bethel, Maine. Boundaries (Two Ponds Press, 2017)Matters of the Sea/Cosas del Mar (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2016)Looking for the Gulf Motel (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2012)Directions to the Beach of the Dead (University of Arizona Press, 2005)City of a Hundred Fires (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1998), ProseFor All of Us, One Today: An Inaugural Poet’s Journey (Beacon Press, 2013)The Prince of los Cocuyos (Ecco Press, 2014), The last ghostly patch of snow slips away—. of footsteps, guitars, and screeching subways. The 2010 winner of the National Book Award in poetry, Terrance Hayes is the author of five poetry... Frank Bidart was born in Bakersfield, California, in 1939. The fifth poet to read at an inauguration he was the inaugural poet for Barack Obama's second inauguration. Richard Blanco is an American poet public speaker author and civil engineer. Thank the work of our hands: weaving steel into bridges, finishing one more report, for the boss on time, stitching another wound. so my brother and I could have books and shoes. Clouds begin sailing in, cargoed with rain loud enough to rouse the flowers into a race for color: the rouged tulips clash with the noble lilies flaunting their petals at the brazen puffs of allium, the mauve tongues of the iris gossip sweet-nothings into the wind, trembling frail petunias. Richard Blanco is a poet from United States of America. Poetry Richard Blanco is the Education Ambassador of the Academy of American Poets. for each other all day, saying: hello / shalom, buon giorno / howdy / namaste / or buenos días, in the language my mother taught me—in every language. Blanco has taught at various schools, including American University, Georgetown University, and Wesleyan University, and has been an artist in residence at Colby College’s Lunder Institute for American Art. In the ruts between bands of color, ragweed poke their dastard heads, dandelions cough their poison seeds, and thistles like daggers draw their spiny leaves and take hold.
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