This month, Cece and Anthony are joined by the 2019 Baltimore City Youth Poet Laureate, Deleicea Greene. The group discuss the position of the Youth Poet Laureate and the competition to determine the year’s recipient (3:30), influential teachers (14:00), how Deleicea discovered poetry (19:45), and what poetry can do for a city like Baltimore (23:00). In the Pop! section, Deleicea shares what she’s into as a generation Z-er (28:45), Cece talks about Harry and Megan’s decision to leave the Royal Family (35:00), and Anthony gives their reaction to the new Star Trek series, Picard (39:15). In the Bang! section, the group discuss what poem they would send to space to teach aliens about life on Earth (47:15).
Links:
The Sims: https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims
DewMore: https://www.dewmorebaltimore.org/programs
Trippy Red: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trippie_Redd
The Office: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0386676/
Former Duke and Duchess of Sussex: https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2020/1/8/21057103/meghan-harry-step-back-royal-duties
Star Trek: Picard: https://www.cbs.com/shows/star-trek-picard/
“Won’t You Celebrate with Me:” https://poets.org/poem/wont-you-celebrate-me
Tracy K. Smith, Life on Mars: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/08/08/other-worlds
Deaf Republic: https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/deaf-republic
Ross Gay's "A Small Needful Fact"https://poets.org/poem/small-needful-fact