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Apr. 19, 2023 - Meet three young PNW writers
4/19/2023 | 1m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
This National Poetry Month, meet 3 young PNW writers.
Though their subjects, approaches and ambitions differ, they’re all devoted to what one calls the ‘most human form of language.’
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Apr. 19, 2023 - Meet three young PNW writers
4/19/2023 | 1m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
Though their subjects, approaches and ambitions differ, they’re all devoted to what one calls the ‘most human form of language.’
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The Emerald City celebrates poetry year round, and if you didn't know, April is National Poetry Month.
Every year, Seattle Arts & Lectures Youth Poetry Fellowship awards the Youth Poet Laureate title to a young poet from a workshop cohort helping them publish a poetry collection.
At Hugo House, the legendary literary center, in a division for poets, mentors guide students through a year-long poetry program.
"Crosscut" caught up with three emerging poets taking the scene by storm.
Meet one of them, 17 year old Matthew Valentine.
He didn't always have a fond affinity for poetry.
Reading poetry at his middle school in Olympia, he says he was attracted to the freedom of the medium.
Mentors say what captivates audiences is to see students go from quiet and shy to loud and massive on stage.
I'm Paris Jackson.
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