Oct 14, 2026 · 37 min · 14 segments
*0:01:00* **The Poetry Fox visits Due South** By day, Chris Vitiello works as a communications strategist for NC State University’s Libraries. But he moonlights as a purveyor of poetry, typing…
Leoneda IngeHost
Beverly McIverGuest
Jeff TiberiiHostDJ Rogers was the, was the first poet laureate, and I think it's meant d- different things for the two of us.
Um, you know, for me, I've, I have this established practice of, of, you know, wr- writing on the spot, so I've tried to kind of create opportunities for other people to write.
I'm, I'm doing some of those things, too, but for me, it's more about, you know, celebrating the fact that there are a lot of poets in Durham and, and just in the Triangle generally-
So, you know, um, your time as poet laureate of Durham has a theme, Poems Everywhere.
I wonder if you could really just capture the city of Durham in three words or phrases.
Um, d- for me, it's, it's more just about, like, um, an attachment to place and the seasons.
Uh, we, we, we have all four seasons here even though spring is disappearing into summer [laughs] pretty quickly.
DJ Rogers was the, was the first poet laureate, and I think it's meant d- different things for the two of us.
Um, you know, for me, I've, I have this established practice of, of, you know, wr- writing on the spot, so I've tried to kind of create opportunities for other people to write.
I'm, I'm doing some of those things, too, but for me, it's more about, you know, celebrating the fact that there are a lot of poets in Durham and, and just in the Triangle generally-
So, you know, um, your time as poet laureate of Durham has a theme, Poems Everywhere.
I wonder if you could really just capture the city of Durham in three words or phrases.
Um, d- for me, it's, it's more just about, like, um, an attachment to place and the seasons.
Uh, we, we, we have all four seasons here even though spring is disappearing into summer [laughs] pretty quickly.
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