The poet’s homework assignment was to count each and every groove in her life.
Phebe Hanson was recorded in 1980 reading her poem “Grooves” in Becky’s Cafeteria in Uptown Minneapolis where she liked to write. Hanson appeared so often on KTCA’s “Nighttimes Magazine” in the early 1980s that she was referred to as the program’s poet laureate. Hanson taught writing with great passion for decades in the Minneapolis Public Schools. ??
AIR DATE 3/28/17
Narrative poetry. Spoken word. Lyric poetry accompanied by music. Poetry that rhymes and poetry that slants, bends and winds. During National Poetry Month, TPT presents a poem from the archives every day: 30 Poets, 30 Days. Some of the featured poets are Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winners. Most call Minnesota home. Every one of them represents a journey in language and culture.
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