Tracy K. Smith, poet laureate of the United States in 2017, offers a wide range of material in various forms. We are reading her poem for our section on free verse. Here is her poem, “The Good Life,” which you may have read in the subway as part of the Poetry in Motion movement.
You can read the poem, “The Good Life” on the website of the Library of Congress:
The Good Life by Tracy K. Smith
You can watch Tracy K. Smith read in the video below: