Poet Ocean Vuong shares his grief in 'Time Is A Mother'

April is National Poetry Month, so to celebrate we are bringing you a conversation with poet Ocean Vuong. His new collection, Time Is A Mother , is about his grief after losing family members. Vuong told Morning Edition 's Rachel Martin that time is different now that he has lost his mother: "when I look at my life since she died in 2019, I only see two days: Today when she's not here, and the big, big yesterday when I had her." Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy