National Poetry Month is back, and WNYC'S "Morning Edition" is celebrating the most literary time of the year by taking a look at all things "local." We want to hear listener poems about the nearby places that matter to you, and what’s happening there.

To usher in WNYC's annual celebration of poetry, New York City's local youth poet laureate for 2023 and 2024 — Fatima Ahmad — joined Morning Edition's Michael Hill to talk about what drew her to poetry and her inspirations as a young writer.  

Email Morning Edition a voice memo at yourvoice@wnyc.org with reflections on your neighborhood, your street or your building — whatever "local" means to you.