Kwame Alexander (left) and Jerry Craft have each won a Newbery Medal for their children's books. Alexander invited Craft on a trip to Kenya this summer to speak to schoolkids about reading. The kids were impressed. So were the authors. Brian Otieno for NPR hide caption
Kwame Alexander's latest crowdsourced poem explores the world through the eyes of Morning Edition listeners' pets. Sam Yeh/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Morning Edition asked listeners to submit poems in the form of letters to anyone of their choice. The result is this community poem titled "Love, Me." Charles Krupa/AP hide caption
A teacher cleans a desk in a classroom during a media tour at Dorothy Eisenberg Elementary School in Las Vegas. John Locher/AP hide caption
A boy holding a sign takes part in a Stop Asian Hate rally in Oakland, Calif. Wu Xiaoling/Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images hide caption
Martin Luther King Jr. addresses the crowd at the March On Washington D.C., on Aug. 28, 1963. CNP/Getty Images hide caption
Morning Edition poet in residence Kwame Alexander on Oct. 23, 2018 in New York City. Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images hide caption
People react during a rally to protest the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery in Brunswick, Ga. John Bazemore/AP hide caption
NPR asked our audience to find inspiration in — and then write an ekphrastic poem about — two paintings: Heat Wave by Kadir Nelson (left) and Young Woman At A Window by Salvador Dali. Kadir Nelson and Salvador Dali hide caption
April is National Poetry Month, and to celebrate NPR's Morning Edition wants you to share a couplet about teamwork. Justin Pumfrey/Getty Images/Caiaimage hide caption