Poems Read at the 2014 Gala
Michaela Coplen
“Redeployment” by Michael Coplem
Drew Nieporent
“Counterman” by Paul Violi
“In Memory of Radio” by Amiri Baraka
Parker Posey
“Characteristics of Life” by Camille T. Dungy
“Sci-Fi” by Tracy K. Smith
Esperanza Spalding
“The Goose Fish” by Howard Nemerov
“Untitled [I talk to my inner lover]” by Kabir, trans. Robert Bly
“Life is Fine” by Langston Hughes
Patrick Stewart
“The Word” by Tony Hoagland
“Jaws” by Carl Sandburg
“God’s World” by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Rosie Perez
“Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou
“The Bean Eater” by Gwendolyn Brooks
Tina Fey
“The Secret” by Denise Levertov
“The List of Famous Hats” by James Tate
Carrie Mae Weems
“cutting greens” by Lucille Clifton
“The Negro Speaks of Rivers” by Langston Hughes
“A Table in the Wilderness” by Li-Young Lee
Kevin Kline
“To My Favorite 17-Year-Old High School Girl” by Billy Collins
“The Trouble with Poetry” by Billy Collins
Billy Crudup
“Believing in Iron” by Yusef Komunyakaa
“Gospel” by Philip Levine
Julianna Margulies
“When Death Comes” by Mary Oliver
“Happiness” by Jane Kenyon
Meryl Streep
“The Writer” by Richard Wilbur
“Morning Song” by Sylvia Plath