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Change, a poem by Kaya, 10

Black lives matter, so do white’s but what’s going on, is not right. We stand for freedom. We stand for equal rights, but racial unfairness have taken many lives. We need change and we need it now. Of course, that’s what people have been saying for years now. This is a movement, let’s have a […]

Notes on our Nation, an inauguration day poem by Sofie, 10

We the People have been creating cacophony dissonant chords and jagged notes, scattered rests and twisted octaves the chaotic melody vanquishing a weak, sibilant harmony as tritone chords overwhelm the concert while the awkward bass clef fails to signal the start of the ensemble in an imperfect union. We the People have not yet accomplished […]

Legacy: Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance, Reviewed by Lucy, 13

Nikki Grimes’s book, Legacy: Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance, tackles tough subjects with bold, heartfelt words in “the language of love”: poetry. The book is a collection of poems by both the author Nikki Grimes and women poets from the time of the Harlem Renaissance, which lasted from the 1910s to the 1930s. I […]