The Language of Life with Bill Moyers

Sekou Sundiata "oralizes" in polyrhythmic, jazz-influenced performances; Naomi Shihab Nye seeks universal truths in everyday objects and experiences.

Transcendent verse by the 13th-century Persian mystic Rumi, as translated and read by Coleman Barks.

"Saying the unsayable" about violence and love, in poems by Linda McCarriston and Sandra McPherson.

Poems of family and politics by Carolyn Forché and Claribel Alegría; "domestic felicities" and haiku by Robert Hass.

Everyday heroes and heroines in poems by former Sandinista revolutionary Daisy Zamora; "landscapes of the mind" by Gary Snyder.

Expressions of rage and forgiveness by Jimmy Santiago Baca, of identity and duality by Marilyn Chin, and of aging and wisdom by Robert Bly.

"Moving to the heart of things" with Adrienne Rich, celebrating multiculturalism with Victor Hernández Cruz, and jazzing with Michael S. Harper.

Poems exploring the pain and courage required to stand out, fit in, and stand up, by Lucille Clifton and David Mura.