Why We Write

In our third National Poetry Month episode of the month, a visit to New York City expands Staci Halt's understanding of poetry and inspires her poem "Soft."A transcript of this episode, info about programs at Lesley University, and more podcast stuff can be found on the episode page.Today's guestStaci Halt is an MFA candidate at Lesley University and mother of six super cool humans and an unseemly number of fur children. Her poems were longlisted for Palette Poetry's Love & Eros Prize (2022), and her work can be found in McSweeny's and is forthcoming in Salamander Magazine.Check out previous Poetry Month episodes:"the world as it is" by July Westhale"Memo to the Border Patrol Agent Who Poured Out the Water We Left in the Desert" by Robbie Gamble"The Translator" by Kevin Prufer"As for the Heart" by Erin Belieu"We Be Womxn" by U-Meleni Mhlaba-AdeboCowboys and "The Dread" by Lydia Leclerc