Poetry in America

Poetry in America (2018)


  • Genre: Documentary
  • First Air Date: 2018-03-28
  • Last Air Date: 2020-05-20
  • Total Seasons: 2
  • Total Episodes: 20
  • Status: Returning Series
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Network: Prime Video, PBS

Summary

Distinguished interpreters from all walks of life gather to explore and debate 12 unforgettable American poems. Athletes, poets, musicians, and citizens of all ages join host Elisa New to experience and share the power of poetry.

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Poetry in America Seasons

Season 1

First Air Date: 2018-03-28
12 Episodes

Season 2

First Air Date: 2020-04-01
8 Episodes

Poetry in America Episodes

Title Air Date Duration
Season 1Episode 1I Cannot Dance Opon My Toes, by Emily Dickinson30 min
Season 1Episode 2Fast Break, by Edward Hirsch30 min
Season 1Episode 3Those Winter Sundays, by Robert Hayden30 min
Season 1Episode 4Hymmnn and Hum Bom, by Allen Ginsberg30 min
Season 1Episode 5Skyscraper, by Carl Sandburg30 min
Season 1Episode 6Harlem, by Langston Hughes30 min
Season 1Episode 7Musée des Beaux Arts, by W.H. Auden30 min
Season 1Episode 8Shirt, by Robert Pinsky30 min
Season 1Episode 9To Prisoners, by Gwendolyn Brooks30 min
Season 1Episode 10The Gray Heron, by Galway Kinnell30 min
Season 1Episode 11New York State of Mind, by Nas30 min
Season 1Episode 12The New Colossus, by Emma Lazarus30 min
Season 2Episode 1Urban Love Poem, by Marilyn Chin30 min
Season 2Episode 2One Art, by Elizabeth Bishop30 min
Season 2Episode 3The Fish, by Marianne Moore30 min
Season 2Episode 4This Your Home Now, by Mark Doty30 min
Season 2Episode 5Finishing the Hat, by Stephen Sondheim30 min
Season 2Episode 6You and I Are Disappearing, by Yusef Komunyakaa30 min
Season 2Episode 7This Is Just to Say, by William Carlos Williams30 min
Season 2Episode 8Leaves of Grass, by Walt Whitman30 min
Season 3Episode 1The Wound-Dresser, by Walt Whitman30 min
Season 3Episode 2Looking for The Gulf Motel, by Richard Blanco30 min
Season 3Episode 3Cascadilla Falls, by A. R. Ammons30 min
Season 3Episode 4you can say that again, billie30 min
Season 3Episode 5Mending Wall30 min

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