Amy Glynn is an award-winning poet and essayist whose work appears widely in journals and anthologies including The Best American Poetry. Her first poetry collection, A Modern Herbal, was published in 2013 by Measure Press; her second, Romance Language, is forthcoming in early 2020. She has received the Carolyn Kizer Award from Poetry Northwest, the SPURContinue reading “Amy Glynn “
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Elise Kazanjian
Elise Kazanjian is a San Francisco poet/writer who spent her childhood in Tian Jin, China. Her poems and essays have appeared in Fog And Light: San Francisco Through The Eyes of the Poets Who Live Here (2021); Marin Poetry Center 2021 Anthology; New Millennium Writings; and the San Francisco Examiner among others. She has workedContinue reading “Elise Kazanjian”
Zoe Dorado
Zoe Dorado, hailing from Castro Valley, CA, is a 16-year-old spoken word poet and musician. Having played the drums for over eight years — exploring jazz, funk, and Afro-Cuban styles — she is interested in how rhythm and meter unfold themselves into poetry and the way storytelling integrates itself into different art forms. She isContinue reading “Zoe Dorado”
Marta Olson
Marta Olson won first place in the Housing Leadership Council’s 2021 Youth Poetry Competition (6-12 category). Poems on Belonging IN THE PARK, 3 BLOCKS AWAY The grass is wet under our feet as we run And it’s dark, so dark We cannot see Without the light of the absent moon At the crest of theContinue reading “Marta Olson”
Julia Santos
Julia Santos is a finalist in the Housing Leadership Council’s 2021 Youth Poetry Competition (6-12 category). Poem on Belonging WHERE I’M FROM I am from a two story pink house From a place where there’s no neighbors and the lots filled with grass I am from a house filled with joy and happiness And fromContinue reading “Julia Santos”
Lena Hui
Lena Hui is a finalist in the Housing Leadership Council’s 2021 Youth Poetry Competition (6-12 category). Poem on Belonging COMING HOME Home, sweet home Trace the footsteps of those before. Walk down the beaten road of the El Camino. Think of those who fought for their freedom. Nourishing at home, the farmers marched for aContinue reading “Lena Hui”
Sarah Hansen
Sarah Hansen is an incoming junior who enjoys writing poetry in her free time. She also enjoys baking and playing with her dog. She was a featured reader in the 2019 Poetry & Community Concert at Burlingame Library. Her work has appeared in the Speak Poetry Vol. 1 anthology. Poem on Belonging POETRY IS SANContinue reading “Sarah Hansen”
Finley Brownstein
Finley Brownstein is a finalist in the Housing Leadership Council of San Mateo County’s 2021 Youth Poetry Competition (K-5), for his poem, “What Home Means To Me.” Poem on Belonging WHAT HOME MEANS TO ME I have troubles and struggles during my day, but there is somewhere I know I can go, my home, aContinue reading “Finley Brownstein “
Rachel Cronin
Rachel Cronin won first place in the Housing Leadership Council’s 2021 Youth Poetry Competition, K-5 category, for her poem, “All That Matters.” Poem on Belonging ALL THAT MATTERS Home. What is the meaning of home? It’s a place where you can Connect you can Laugh you can Express you can Cry. Home is the deepnessContinue reading “Rachel Cronin “
Ronit Das
Ronit Das is currently in 7th grade and was the youngest finalist in the 2020 Housing Leadership Council Youth Poetry Competition. His work is published in the anthology, I Have a Dream: Inaugural Poems for a New Generation (2021). He is also featured in the program, “Celebrating Young Poets,” produced by The Midpen Media CenterContinue reading “Ronit Das “
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