One Art - Elizabeth Bishop -
poetry in america

"The art of losing isn't hard to master," Elizabeth Bishop wrote in her poem "One Art," universally considered one of her greatest. Journalist Katie Couric, media executives Sheryl Sandberg and Yang Lan, Singer/Songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter, and others discuss Bishop's masterpiece on losses, great and small.

Episode Duration: 26 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 202

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About Poetry In America:

The series POETRY IN AMERICA draws students of all ages into conversations about poetry.

Hosted by Harvard University professor Elisa New, each half-hour episode highlights the work of one distinguished poet (Emily Dickinson, Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks) with a reading by an individual well known for accomplishments outside the humanities (actress and playwright Anna Deavere Smith, Grammy-Award winner Herbie Hancock; former vice president Joe Biden, and rapper/poet Nas), as well as a chorus of others, including: a chorus of pick-up basketball players, young naturalists at the Massachusetts Audubon Society, and students at the Parsons School of Design.

The fast-moving, beautifully shot series offers viewers a fully immersive experience in hearing, reading, and interpreting a single American poem.

Scholar Elisa New opens a conversation about poetry and encourages viewers at home to extend the discussion past the episode's end.

Watch Poetry In America - Clips, Episodes & Previews

Sonnet IV; I shall forget you presently, my dear, by Millay

This Your Home Now, by Mark Doty

Shirt by Robert Pinsky

I cannot dance opon my toes by Emily Dickinson

The Gray Heron by Galway Kinnell

Finishing the Hat, by Stephen Sondheim

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