From the Washington, DC, Poetry Tour

Highlights featuring Reuben Jackson, Brian Gilmore, and A.B. Spellman.

The Washington, DC, Poetry Tour visited our nation’s capital through the eyes of its great poets, including Archibald MacLeish, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and Elizabeth Bishop. From the hallowed halls of the federal buildings to neighborhood side streets, the tour featured poems written in and about DC, as well as photographs by poet Thomas Sayers Ellis. 

Narrated by inaugural poet Elizabeth Alexander and produced by the Poetry Foundation, this audio excerpt from the tour showcases archival and contemporary recordings of DC poets, scholars, and musicians, all shedding new light on DC’s historic landmarks.