I believe we can build community through poetry and song. In the 1980s, with the help of a lot of good people, I decided to bring the spirit of Woody Guthrie back to his hometown of Okemah, Oklahoma.
In partnership with the Director of Community Programs, Georgia Williams, from the Oklahoma Arts Council, and the Tulsa Folk Music Society, I worked for two months a year over a five-year period writing songs with children throughout Oklahoma. Jimmie Rae Terry at the Oklahoma State ...