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WXXI Poetry Moments air at 1:20 p.m. on Classical 91.5, and at 2:04 p.m. on AM 1370, April 6-10; 13-17, 2020.WXXI celebrates poets and their words during the month of April, which is National Poetry Month. Once again this year, we will have a special series of Poetry Moments, created in collaboration with Rochester-based BOA Editions, celebrating more than 40 years of independent publishing.These WXXI/BOA Poetry Moments are an annual celebration. Our 2017 Poetry Moments are available here, our 2018 Poetry Moments are available here, and our 2019 Poetry Moments are available here.

La Boda del Mar y Arena

Aracelis Girmay
Aracelis Girmay

La Boda del Mar y Arena by Aracelis Girmay
Read by Bill Waddell

Aracelis Girmay is the author of three collections of poetry: the black maria (BOA Editions, 2016); Kingdom Animalia (BOA Editions, 2011), winner of the 2011 Isabella Gardner Poetry Award and the GLCA New Writers Award, and a finalist for both the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award; and Teeth (Curbstone Press, 2007).