The Urban Word NYC organization started the National Youth Poet Laureate program in 2016. Earlier this year, the City of Knoxville announced its first Youth Poet Laureate in that program: Melody Dalili is a rising senior at Farragut High School and has been writing poetry since the third grade. Dalili and the City’s current Poet Laureate Rhea Carmon spoke with WUOT's Chrissy Keuper.
Spirit Guide: The City of Knoxville's first Youth Poet Laureate says hardship is a privilege
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