Tracy K. Smith is the newest U.S. poet laureate

"If there’s anyone who can remind [us] of power of poetry to give people a more nuanced way of thinking & understanding" it's Tracy K. Smith https://t.co/OUctHRK1Wr

— Poets & Writers (@poetswritersinc) June 14, 2017




one day I’ll touch the world with bare hands
Even if it burns.

—Tracy K. Smith, Don't You Wonder, Sometimes?
[Life on Mars @GraywolfPress]

— Christine (@christinelcody) June 14, 2017