‘Poetry Is a Country’ at National Gallery of Art
Great art inspires — and sometimes, great art inspires even more art. The National Gallery of Art’s “Poetry Is a Country” asked poets and writers to create a new poem inspired by a work in the National Gallery’s collection. The reactions birthed U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón’s “In the End, Everything Gives,” a response to Andy Goldsworthy’s slate installation “Roof,” which lies in the East Building, and author Jason Reynolds’s “Charwoman Interrupted…