Remembrance and Reconciliation Through Poetry
Poets House and Trinity Wall Street, in conjunction with the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, presented a reading by some of America’s leading poets as part of the 10thanniversary commemoration of 9/11. This event was held in the sanctuary of Trinity Church, a few blocks from Ground Zero. Poets Mark Doty, Cornelius Eady, Marie Howe, Major Jackson, J. Chester Johnson, Lawrence Joseph, and Martha Rhodes read poems of grief, remembrance, and reconciliation. The program was recorded and broadcasted by radio throughout the remainder of the 10th anniversary commemoration weekend.
Based on release by Poets House