April is National Poetry Month, and Kentucky Humanities is celebrating with a poem a day from Kentucky’s most celebrated poets, including Frank X Walker. Walker is the former Kentucky Poet Laureate and is a Professor of English at the University of Kentucky. He is a co-founder of the Affrilachian Poets and coined the term "Affrilachia."

April is National Poetry Month, and Kentucky Humanities is celebrating with a poem a day from Kentucky’s most celebrated poets, including Frank X Walker. Walker is the former Kentucky Poet Laureate and is a Professor of English at the University of Kentucky. He is a co-founder of the Affrilachian Poets and coined the term "Affrilachia."

April is National Poetry Month, and Kentucky Humanities is celebrating with a poem a day from Kentucky’s most celebrated poets, including Frank X Walker. Walker is the former Kentucky Poet Laureate and is a Professor of English at the University of Kentucky. He is a co-founder of the Affrilachian Poets and coined the term "Affrilachia."

Frank X Walker, Professor of English at the University of Kentucky and former Kentucky Poet Laureate, reads his poem “Thumbwrestlers” in honor of his father.

Kentucky Poet Laureate, Jeff Worley, recites "Whiteness" by his favorite poet, Stephen Dunn. Worley favors this poem for his imagery and connection of nature’s beauty.

Professor of English at Transylvania University and former Kentucky Poet Laureate, Dr. Richard Taylor, reads one of his own poems titled “Night Driving.”

Tasha Cotter, president of the Kentucky State Poetry Society, reads “Try to Praise the Mutilated World” by Polish poet Adam Zagajewski.

Dr. Jeremy Paden, professor of Spanish at Transylvania University, recites “The Wisdom of Insecurity” by Vassar Miller.

Kathleen Driskell, director of the Spalding University MFA program, recites one of her own poems, titled “Why I Mother You the Way I Do.”

Frank X Walker, Professor of English at the University of Kentucky and former Kentucky Poet Laureate, reads “Praisesong for a Mountain” by Bianca Lynne Spriggs.