美国国家公共电台 NPR #NPRpoetry Naturally Goes Outside For Some Earth Day Inspiration

 

RAY SUAREZ, HOST:

Now let's take a moment to appreciate some of the poetry that's been coming in this month as part of our celebration of National Poetry Month. We've been asking you, our listeners, to tweet 140-character-or-less poems using the hashtag #NPRpoetry. So far, we've had submissions¹ about love and break-ups, politics, road trips, even DNA². We've gotten Earth Day-appropriate submissions, like this from Barry Goodmann in Northern New Jersey³. (Reading) I look for poems in the field and pull out dandelions. Every morning, they grow back and sing revise, revise.

I know the feeling, Barry. Thanks for your poem. Here's one from Phil Boiarski, who's back tweeting poems with us for the second year in a row. Here's one (reading) take to the woods to escape the world. Emerald light blue in the sky, violets and bluets kiss my boots. Bloodroot catches my eye.

Thanks for participating again, Phil. And speaking of familiar faces or rather voices - since this is radio - some of you might remember my interview last week with poet Kevin Coval about his collection of poems "A People's History Of Chicago." We asked him to pick a couple of your NPR poetry submissions. Here he is.

KEVIN COVAL: Hey. This is Kevin Coval. And this is a poem by Grace Keneya (ph). And, Grace, I apologize if I chopped up your last name, but I like your poem. It goes like this. (Reading) Sometimes I take a walk by just to remind myself of days gone by. Sometimes I pass there wishing to catch your face, a glimpse.

It's not bad, man. It's pretty good.

SUAREZ: Thanks, Grace and Kevin, for reading her poem.

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SUAREZ: And if you'd like to submit a poem, there's only one more week left in April, so get to writing and get to tweeting. Share your original works using the hashtag #NPRpoetry and you might hear your poem on the air.

1 submissions   

n.提交( submission的名词复数 )；屈从；归顺；向法官或陪审团提出的意见或论据

参考例句：

• The deadline for submissions to the competition will be Easter 1994. 递交参赛申请的截止时间为1994年的复活节。 来自辞典例句
• Section 556(d) allows the agency to substitute written submissions for oral direct testimony in rulemaking. 第五百五十六条第（四）款准允行政机关在规则制定中用书面提交材料替代口头的直接证言。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法

2 DNA   

(缩)deoxyribonucleic acid 脱氧核糖核酸

参考例句：

• DNA is stored in the nucleus of a cell.脱氧核糖核酸储存于细胞的细胞核里。
• Gene mutations are alterations in the DNA code.基因突变是指DNA密码的改变。

3 jersey   

n.运动衫

参考例句：

• He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
• They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。