“Listen to one another like you know you are scholars. Artists. Scientists. Athletes. Musicians. Like you know you will be the ones to shape this world.”
Congratulations to Sarah on topping 100,000 views on this wonderful poem! Check out more of Sarah’s work here and here.
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“A sparrow flew just over my feet, its wings
beating against its own body, a sound not unlike applause.”
Congratulations to Neil on topping 100,000 on this gorgeous poem. You can get this poem and more in his best-selling book, Our Numbered Days.
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“Tragedy and silence have the exact same address.”
Congratulations to Rudy on topping 250,000 views on this great poem! Check out more of Rudy’s work here and here.
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“Both of my parents died of overdoses. I paid for their funerals
with drug money. There goes that irony again.”
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“I don’t know when I became a space to be filled,
my thigh an open lease.”
Congratulations to Reagan on topping 250,000 views on this necessary poem.
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“My grandfather died as the moon. I am not him.
I am black, and full of stars. I am not the absence of light.
I am who allows light to exist.”
Congratulations to Gabriel on topping 100,000 views on their excellent poem.
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“The blood learns to bend another way
like the legs of a crane.”
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“Too many people have claimed they can read me like a book
and then they went and put me on a shelf.”
Congratulations to Jamie on topping 250,000 views on their excellent poem. Check out more of Jamie’s work here.
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“She learns the most dangerous lies
are the ones we tell ourselves.”
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“If you think I am brave,
just wait until you see me out of costume.”
Congratulations to Brenna on topping 100,000 views on this amazing poem. Check out more of Brenna’s work here and here.
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