“Why Do We Set the Table” by NaBeela Washington

When Nebraska’s own Ted Kooser served as United States Poet Laureate (from 2004–2006), the project he initiated and maintained for over a decade was to reinstitute the publication of poetry in American newspapers. This project, titled American Life in Poetry, is now overseen by Kwame Dawes, a poet and professor at the University of Nebraska. A new poem is published every Monday morning, and we will update our link to the site with each new issue of Verbatim.

Source: American Life in Poetry