Did you know that Oakland has its own Youth Poet Laureate? (In case you are wondering, a laureate is someone who gets an award for being really creative and super smart!)

Oakland's current Youth Poet Laureate is Greer Nakadegawa-Lee. She is a junior at Oakland Technical High School. She's also a published author! Find out about her chapbook A Heart Full of Hallways here.

Watch her interview with Samuel Getachew (Oakland's 2019 Youth Poet Laureate) to learn how and when (hint...middle school) she started writing poetry.

Did you know that people make poetry videos? Check out some poetry online at the Poetry Foundation website!
Wayne the Stegosaurus by Kenn Nesbitt
We Real Cool by Gwendolyn Brooks

Congratulations to Meera Dasgupta from New York City! She became our newest National Youth Poet Laureate at the National Youth Poet Laureate Competition held online on May 16, 2020.