'Where I'm From': A Crowdsourced Poem That Collects Your Memories Of Home
Morning Edition's resident poet Kwame Alexander compiled your poems inspired by memories of home, and the final crowdsourced poem is full of rich details of where you're from.
by Casey Noenickx
Aug 28, 2019
3 minutes
NPR asked for your poems inspired by memories of home. What we received was overwhelming: 1,400 submissions in just two days, with lines that draw on all five senses â in vivid detail and gauzy memories.
In our callout, NPR resident poet Kwame Alexander and host Rachel Martin looked to one poem in particular: . Lyon herself responded to our callout and left something in our submission in-box:
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