Genre: Poetry

In this footage of Al Alvarez's 1967 interview with John Berryman in Dublin, the poet talks about some of the techniques he employed in 77 Dream Songs, which had won the Pulitzer Prize three years earlier, and reads "Dream Song 14." Berryman commited suicide on January 7, 1972.

Gerardo Mena, a decorated veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, recently won the 2010 War Poetry contest, sponsored by the Web site winningwriters.com, for his poem "So I Was a Coffin." This video poem features music composed by Mena as well as photographs contributed by members of the 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion or their family members.

Terrance Hayes, who on Wednesday took home the National Book Award in poetry for his latest collection, Lighthead (Penguin), read one of his poems at the Jazz Poetry Concert in Pittsburgh.

Missouri farmer Eric Borden talks about what inspires him to write poetry on the occasion of his releasing a CD of his poems.