National Poetry Month: Tula [“Books are door-shaped”] by Margarita Engle

Quote: “If you don’t get out there and define yourself, you’ll be quickly and inaccurately defined by others.” – Michelle Obama

Song: “I Hope That I Don’t Fall in Love with You” by Tom Waits

Place: New York City, NY

History: On April 29, 1990, the tearing down of the Berlin Wall began.

Animal: Barracuda