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My poem, written in 1993, was inspired by a poem of Jo Carson's. Her poem took off from something she heard somebody say," she said. "So 'Where I'm From' has been a pass-it-on-phenomenon from the ...
Poem. Poem: I Am the Pace of My Body and Not Language. By Adam Wolfond Jan. 25, 2023. Share full article. 0. By Adam Wolfond Selected by Victoria Chang.
Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite African Leadership Group head Papa Dia opens his "Breaking Barriers and Building Bridges" event to create a poem about unity in Aurora. July 1, 2023. The organization’s ...
A 2016 poem emerged soon after 17-year-old Antwon Rose was shot and killed by a police officer in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, more than two weeks ago. Titled “I AM NOT WHAT YOU THINK!”, the ...
For two years, Antwon Rose’s poem lived in his 10th grade English teacher’s electronic grade book, largely forgotten. After he was shot dead by police, she found it again.
The poem, “I Am The Bridge: A Poem By All Of Us.”, was performed Saturday night in Arvada and will be again performed at the Denver Botanic Gardens on Aug. 26.
I am more than a diagnosis of sickness and disease. I am in here, would you look, and see? It is not the chemotherapy; it is really me. I am in here, would you look, and see? It is your glaring stare ...
A few hours later, he showed the poem to his parents, who immediately got choked up. RELATED: Mom of child with autism thanks Apple employee for empathy toward her son "I am odd, I am new ...
Amanda Gorman responds to the restriction of her poem for President Biden’s inauguration, “The Hill We Climb,” at a Miami Lakes school library: “So they ban my book from young readers ...
In common with an number of other online cautions aimed at teens, "I am Meth" took the form of an ode penned by (or about) an adolescent who paid the ultimate price -- death -- for falling victim ...