This environmental science-themed episode explores Moore’s great poem of marine life, titled "The Fish". Vice President Al Gore, poet Jorie Graham, and scientists from Conservation International ...

In the poem, the narrator catches a big, sturdy fish, remarking that "he hadn't fought at all." But then she notices five other fish hooks embedded around its mouth, evidence of his past efforts to ...

For poet Ada Limón, evidence of poetry is everywhere. It connects big ideas — like fear, isolation, even death — with little details — like field sparrows, a box of matches, or "the body ...

Painting by Benjamin Robert Haydon/Courtesy the National Portrait Gallery, London: NPG 293. The first time I read Leigh Hunt's “The Fish, the Man, and the Spirit”—I must have been in college ...

But in Astoria, Oregon, a historic fishing town on the Columbia River, there's real excitement as commercial fishermen gather to read or perform their poems, essays, doggerel and songs.

As we drifted along the river, we talked about fishing, nature, music and poetry. When Grindlay isn’t on the river, he’s a singer, choir director and avid poet. “To me, time spent in nature ...

But for the former fisherman, writing has always been a way to remember. He wrote his first fishing poem when he was stranded on land, after the Exxon-Valdez oil spill of 1989. "I ended up writing ...

Performances will include a mix of poetry, readings, songs and personal accounts. Events will be held in restaurants, pubs, art galleries and performance venues around town. Admission is $10 for ...