Category Archives: ecopoetry

Lauren Lin is the Inaugural Burlingame-Hillsborough Youth Poet Laureate and San Mateo County Youth Poetry Ambassador. She is a two-time Youth Speaks poetry slam winner who weaves passions, beliefs, and emotions into her work. Lin’s poetry has received awards from YoungArts, Literary Legacies, and the MLK Step into the Light youth arts contest. Lin foundedContinue reading “Lauren Lin “

Part cento, part sensory poem, this collaborative poem was crafted during a workshop facilitated by San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto as part of the San Mateo County Youth Ecopoetry Project (2021-2022). Ideas to Postpone the End of the World Quoted lines from “Generation Climate: How the crisis made young people the adults inContinue reading “Ideas to Postpone the End of the World”

This collaborative poem was crafted during a workshop facilitated by San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto as part of the San Mateo County Youth Ecopoetry Project (2021-2022). Breathe A Community Poem by San Mateo County Youth There is a pattern we burninto the night sky, & it will not be of chemicalbut compassion forContinue reading “Breathe”

“My name is Keiki Leni Ward. I’m a spoken word poet and former student at Ravenswood Middle School. I write about my history and heritage, my environment, my community, and my hopes as a young woman of color. I have entered different poetry contests and have had my work featured by the Ravenswood Education FoundationContinue reading “Keiki Leni Ward”