That’s So Miami: Finding Poetry in City Life

The Takeaway

April is National Poetry Month, and to celebrate the occasion, our friends at WLRN have been asking for local poetry that captures the texture of their city: Miami, Florida.
The contest, orchestrated in coordination with the city’s biennial poetry festival, “O, Miami,” has been curating poems like this one, submitted by a Miami local named Toby, over the course of the month:
Fender bender accident.
People shouting in three languages
That’s so Miami.
Scott Cunningham, co-founder of O, Miami talks about hometown pride, and finding poetry in everyday exchanges — and listeners share the poetry that captures the heart of their cities.

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