Celebrate National Poetry Month with the inimitable Barbara Mossberg when she presents a dramatic (and humorous) reading of her new book.

The former CA Laureate and Forever PG Laureate presents the newly published "Clown Cantos, Everything is Alive in its Own Way, Singing", illustrated by local fine-art painter and illustrator Christine Crozier. "Clown Cantos" is the sequel to "Here for the Present: A Grammar of Happiness in the Present Perfect, Live from the Poet’s Perch".

~ Here with me as I see a worm is Radiotopia’s Ian Chillag, saying “Everything is alive.” Dolly Parton, ‘Everything Is Beautiful In Its Own Way.” Einstein, e=mc2. Emerson, “events must be sung, and sing themselves.” Stephen Sondheim, “Send In The Clowns.” Emily Dickinson, “God be with the Clown/who ponders this tremendous scene.” William Carlos Williams, “My heart rouses to tell you,” insisting (he's a physician) that his news-in-a-poem will save our life. Or as he puts it, “men die miserably every day without” it. I take this to heart in Clown Cantos: Everything Is Alive In Its Own Way, Singing.” Here's news to upend disheartening headlines, a way of seeing, and telling, and writing, our world... ~ from Amazon.com