power player of the week. to comfort us when we have losses, to celebrate with us our joys and triumphs but also to help us see things differently. natasha is talking about power tree and the role she says it continues to play, not as accessible as prose or video images but conveying something important, something deeper. sometimes our everyday speech has a way of saying this is me and that is you and we are different. i think poetry has a way of saying this is my experience and you can share in it with me. truth be told i do not want to forget anything of my former life. it s the nation s 19th nation s poet laureate. her job is to spread her love of