"A poet should be private and invisible," says U.K. Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy. Meanwhile, "I think we witness things, but are not witnessed," says U.S. Poet Laureate Philip Levine. They reflect with Jeffrey Brown on having very public roles as private poets.
Katherine Larson is a poet, research scientist and field ecologist. She won the 2011 Yale Younger Poets Prize and the Kate Tufts Discovery Award for her book "Radial Symmetry."