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National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman delivered a poem to rouse the audience in celebration of Vice President Harris.

DAVID WHYTE is a poet who uses poetry to teach corporate executives and employees how to find satisfaction in the work place. In his new book, The Heart Aroused: Poetry and the Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America, (Doubleday) WHYTE looks at the ways people can use their careers not only as a means to earning a living, but as a way of finding personal happiness. WHYTE has served as a consultant for such companies as AT&T and Kodak, teaching his clients how to uses use poetry and myth to find happiness in the workplace. He also runs a small press in Seattle, Washington. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW)(REBROADCAST FROM 8/

DAVID WHYTE is a poet who uses poetry to teach corporate executives and employees how to find satisfaction in the work place. In his new book, "The Heart Aroused: Poetry and the Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America," (Doubleday) WHYTE looks at the ways people can use their careers not only as a means to earning a living, but as a way of finding personal happiness. WHYTE has served as a consultant for such companies as AT&T and Kodak, teaching his clients how to use poetry and myth to find happiness in the workplace. He also runs a small press in Seattle, Washington.

Francisco Alarcon was an important Mexican-American poet who influenced generations of Chicano writers, including the current U.S. poet laureate. Alarcon died of cancer last week.

Smith College professor Matt Donovan's new collection of poems is called "The Dug-Up Gun Museum."

It's that time of the year when we tip our hats — and yours — to the art of the verse. All month, tweet your mini poems with the hashtag #NPRPoetry, and we'll pick some to feature on-air and online.

Fresh Air's classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz recently published a poem about friendship and loss on Poets.org.

More than an autobiography following a strict chronological path and detailing all major events, this book focuses on the role of art in the U.S. poet laureate's life and her development as an artist.

Fresh Air's classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz published a poem about friendship and loss on Poets.org.

"The real hallmark of an effective political artist is that the politics is accepted with the art," said Baraka. A new career-spanning anthology collects his work from 1961 to 2013. He died in 2014.