Lourdes Nicolella of the Moses Brown School has been selected as youth poetry ambassador and Adi Gamache of the Met School has been selected as deputy youth poetry ambassador for […]
“I’m here!” Door banging, stomping sneakers, Loud shouts, Not the Inside Voice. Be Quiet T-shirt flung into a dark corner, Towel airborne, dirty shoes kicked — one here, one there […]
A fragile soul so young, A pleasure center numbed, How quick I was to hide inside my fears. The fear of age, rage, and misplaced trust, The fear of reopening […]
They said I must be out of my mind wanting to celebrate Christmas this year, that survival was all we had to be thankful for; that the stories were lies, […]
UPDATE: Results announced motifri.com/youth-poet-2022-results Seeking a youth poetry ambassador for 2022, the RI Center for the Book invites applications from high school students who reside in RI. State Poet Laureate […]
by Isaiah “Sleeping Turtle” Johnson The cloudy sky in my waking eyes is adorned with blue, gray, and white. The yellow sun blazed in full as I lay in the […]
He planned to fashion wind chimesfrom their chipped long bones and dried sinews.So many years spent in preparation —he imagined the night breezes of autumnproducing a wild dark dance betweenulna, […]
Imagine Finding yourself Being pulled underwater. The current taking you out Into the deep. You Try your best To paddle your feet to the surface. Gasping Gagging Eyes bulging for […]
(Sung) Sister, You’ve been on my mind Sister, we’re two of a kind So sister, I’m keepin’ my eyes on you I betcha think I don’t know nothin’ But singin’ […]
I recently had the opportunity to interview two amazing educators at the Providence Academy Middle School, Andreana Thomas and Phoenyx Williams. This is the second in a two-part series of […]