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Paint Me Like I Am: Teen Poems from Writerscorps
Paint Me Like I Am Teen Poems from Writerscorps Author:Nikki Giovanni
Today my name is colorful. — Yesterday my name was dead souls. — Tomorrow my name will be lively spirits. — My friends think my name is fire. — The police think my name is burden. — My parents think my name is symphony. — Secretly I know my name is anything I want it to be. —
Paint Me Like I Am is a collection of poems by te... more »ens who have taken part in writing programs run by a national nonprofit organization called WritersCorps. To read the words of these young people is to hear the diverse voices of teenagers everywhere. Included are a foreward by acclaimed poet Nikki Giovanni, an essay from Kevin Powell, another poet associated with WritersCorps, and writing tips from WritersCorps instructors. WritersCorps was started in 1994 to help at-risk youth in three American urban centers: San Francisco, Washington, DC, and New York City (the Bronx). Thousands of children and teenagers have since benefited from finding creative expression through writing.« less