Clam-digging for 'Soft Edible Bodies': Poet Carol Levin on a quintessential Pacific Northwest...

Each day during the month of April, KUOW is highlighting the work of Seattle-based poets for National Poetry Month. In this series curated by Seattle Civic Poet and 10,000 Things host Shin Yu Pai, you'll find a selection of poems for the mind, heart, senses, and soul.

Carol Levin's poem "Soft Edible Bodies on April Fools Day" depicts the quintessential Pacific Northwest experience of razor clamming and speaks to the ways in which the unique region where we live can shape our experiences and memories of place.

Poet Carol Levin's recent books include "An Undercurrent of Jitters" and "Confident Music Would Fly Us to Paradise," both from MoonPath Press. "Stunned By the Velocity" and "Red Rooms and Others" were published by Pecan Grove Press.