Book Synopsis :
Poetry Speaks Who I Am is filled with more than 100 remarkable poems about you, who you are, and who you are becoming. Dive in?find the poem you love, the one that makes you angry, the one that makes you laugh, the one that knocks the wind out of you, and become a part of Poetry Speaks Who I Am by adding your own inside the book. Poetry can be life altering. It can be gritty and difficult. It can be hilarious or heart-breaking. And it?s meant to be experienced, so we?ve included a CD on which you?ll hear 44 poems, 39 of which are original recordings?you?ll only find them here. You?ll hear poets both classic and contemporary, well-known and refreshingly new, including: --Dana Gioia expresses the hunger of a ?Vampire?s Serenade? --Elizabeth Alexander waits for that second kiss in ?Zodiac? --Langston Hughes flings his arms wide in ?Dream Variations? --Marilyn Nelson reads to her class in ?How I Discovered Poetry? --Paul Muldoon?s poem ?Sideman,? brought loudly to life by the band