Verse of April is delighted to celebrate a second chapter of HYMN FOR THE LIVING POET, a special edition dedicated to poets of our time, in pieces made by artists of our time.

This year's anthology shares the work of sterling-elizabeth arcadia, Cassandra Atherton, Gabriella Brand, Laura J, Braverman, Satya Dash, Paul Hetherington, and Nupur Shah in response to the living poetry of Gabriella Bates, Caroline Bird, Anne Carson, Holly Iglesias, Jaida Jones, Jane Monson, Naomi Shihab Nye, nat raum, and Sam Herschel Wein.

This trailer is designed to celebrate this year's special theme and the participation of our contributors.

Enormous thanks to Baptiste de Chabaneix for making this video and for creating the marimba accompaniment, a tune he has entitled "Hymn for the Living Poet."