What we experience in our national parks can sometimes leave us at a loss for words, but park-inspired poets prove that finding those words can be nothing short of extraordinary.
To honor the National Park Service centennial in 2016, the Academy of American Poets commissioned 50 poems to celebrate national parks in every state. Today, we’re taking a closer look at five of our favorites, including:
- Ada Limón | Notes on the Below
- Nathalie Handal | Accepting Heaven at Great Basin
- Arthur Sze | White Sands
- Meg Day | The Permanent Way
- Major Jackson | Song as Abridged Thesis of George Perkins Marsh’s Man and Nature
Episode 17, “A Collision of Breaths,” was produced by Todd Christopher.
Original theme music by Chad Fischer
Audio clips courtesy of the American Academy of Poets. For the complete collection “Imagine Our Parks with Poems,” please visit: https://poets.org/imagine-our-parks-poems
The Secret Lives of Parks is brought to you by:
Todd Christopher – Producer & Host
Jennifer Errick – Producer & Host
Bev Stanton – Online Producer
Vaness Pius – Social Media Manager
The Secret Lives of Parks is a production of the National Parks Conservation Association. With more than 1.6 million members and supporters, NPCA is the nation’s only independent, nonpartisan advocacy organization dedicated to protecting national parks. Learn more at npca.org
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