John reads his poem “Containment.” He discusses the struggle inherent in personal relationships, the danger of (American) attachments, how the personal turns political, and the ethics of bark mulch.
John Tessitore has been a journalist and biographer. He has taught history and literature at colleges around Boston and directed national policy studies on education and civil justice. He serves as Co-Editor Across the Pond for The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press. His poems have appeared in a variety of books and journals. In each episode of Be True, he reads and discusses one of his published poems.
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