Focus on Flowers

Steve reads his poems "Un monstruo oscuro encima de una gente clara" ("A dark monster on top of pale people") and "Country folk in tune with the times" on this edition of The Poets Weave.

There are many plants that produce edible flowers and are safe to eat if they are grown without the use of pesticides.

In the wake of recent earthquakes in Haiti and the subsequent relief efforts, we are dedicating these programs to the victims and survivors of this tragedy, presenting poems by two American writers of Haitian descent: Nadine Pinède and Danielle Legros Georges.

Try freezing edible flowers into ice cubes for a unique touch to your dinner party drinks.

The Early Opera Company performs Eccles' "The Judgement of Paris" and harpsichordist Mitzi Meyerson plays Muffat's complete "Componimenti Musicali" of 1736.

Ross Gay is a Cave Canem fellow and has been a Breadloaf Tuition Scholar. In addition to holding a Ph.D in American Literature from Temple University, he is a basketball coach, an occasional demolition man, a painter, and a faculty member at Indiana University and in the low-residency program at New England College.