Anniversary by Marie Ponsot

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Anniversary by Marie Ponsot

Series: Poetry Off the Shelf
From: Curtis Fox
Length: 00:02:45

Poet Marie Ponsot reads her poem Anniversary Read the full description.

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Host Intro: This is Poetry Off the Shelf from The Poetry Foundation. The Poet and translator Marie Ponsot was born in New York in 1921. Her first book, True Minds, was published in Lawrence Ferlinghetti's City Lights series in 1956. Her poems are both verbally complex and extremely formal. They approach the occurrences of everyday life with intelligence and drama. In this next poem, Anniversary, Ponsot struggles with her new familial roles as a wife and mother. Host Outro: That was the poet reading her poem Anniversary. The piece was produced by PoetryFoundation.org. You can find out more about Marie Ponsot , and read some of her poems, at the website PoetryFoundation.org.