Poetry
A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of Poetry.
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Talks about Poetry
Hanif Abdurraqib, Sarah Kay, Chris Duffy
How to love your hometown
14 minutes 28 seconds
Salome Agbaroji, Elise Hu, Samora Pinderhughes
Beyond the Talk: Salome Agbaroji and Samora Pinderhughes on the intersection of art and AI
45 minutes 24 seconds
Safiya Sinclair
"Marigolds," a poem about wonder
7 minutes 47 seconds
Iseult Gillespie
The epic Nordic legend of the monster slayer
5 minutes 36 seconds
Stephanie Pacheco
“where you from?” An ode to the Bronx
3 minutes 57 seconds
Stephanie H. Smith
How to love, according to Rumi
5 minutes 50 seconds
Exclusive articles about Poetry
I wrote a haiku every day for a week — here’s what I learned
Attention fellow word nerds: Daily haiku-ing fired up my creativity, sweetened my days, brought me closer to others, and more, says TED Ideas Editor Daryl Chen.
Posted Jun 2019
Was this poem written by a computer or human?
Put your bot-sniffing skills to the test, and see how you do.
Posted Nov 2017
5 poems for an inauguration
Five powerful poems to commemorate this moment in time, as we look toward the 2017 US Presidential inauguration ceremony.
Posted Jan 2017
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