National Poetry Month: Staci Halt imagines the wilds of New York City with 'Soft'

In our third National Poetry Month episode of the month, a visit
to New York City expands Staci Halt's understanding of poetry and
inspires her poem "Soft."


A transcript of this episode, info about programs at Lesley
University, and more podcast stuff can be found on the episode
page.


Today's guest


Staci Halt is an MFA candidate at Lesley University and mother of
six super cool humans and an unseemly number of fur children. Her
poems were longlisted for Palette Poetry's Love & Eros Prize
(2022), and her work can be found in McSweeny's and is
forthcoming in Salamander Magazine.


Check out previous Poetry Month episodes:


"the world as it is" by July Westhale

"Memo to the Border Patrol Agent Who Poured Out the Water We
Left in the Desert" by Robbie Gamble

"The Translator" by Kevin Prufer

"As for the Heart" by Erin Belieu

"We Be Womxn" by U-Meleni Mhlaba-Adebo

Cowboys and "The Dread" by Lydia Leclerc