Poet Marco Chin used the current anti-Asian crime wave as inspiration for his poem during the 22nd Annual NYC Teen Poetry Slam.
“Talk about Kung Flu, but turn around and say you’re joking. Downtrodding on my people, it’s so hard not to be self loathing, and so the bigots always thought we were quiet and unspoken,” he declared.
Chin was one of nearly two dozen teen poets who don’t shy away from telling it like it is.
Jellissa Lacon, from Far Rockaway, Queens, shared a personal reflection, and she walked away a winner.
“I don’t want to hear that my breath stink — cuz when I write
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