So not just, you know, you write a poem and publish it and someone else reads it, but these kinds of community experiences. A performer interacting with the people that they are performing to. So the communal arts – arts that involve an audience and a speaker. Gaines: I'm very interested in community arts in response to change. Are there any specific social issues or any there any specific topics that you want addressed either locally in the community or nationally? And so I learned a lot from seeing the way that my community did that. As a community you have to move on and you have to grieve and to keep pushing forward. And then as a community, you're back at school on Monday. And I think that that particularly is something that I learned and took with me from where I grew up, because you hear these news stories, you see people in your community that are, are being killed or that are dying – particularly young people. And so I talk a lot about healing and grief, and this kind of collective experience of not only trauma, but this collective recovery. Gaines: All these intersections, I think they all connect and they all really affect my writing because they affect my perspective. And you grew up on the east side of Indianapolis? What was it like growing up as a young Black girl, and how has that impacted your work? And through that, I started really working and paying attention to the written word. Particularly youth poetry events – readings, open mic, slams – and kind of that way, I got involved with the world of slam poetry. Then I took it home, I showed my family of course, and they got super excited about it and my family started taking me to poetry events around the city of Indianapolis. And so I chose to write about the color black. And I think at that time, I was starting to become more aware of the factors that affected how I saw myself and the cultural traditions that I interacted with. The interview was edited for clarity.Įlizabeth Gabriel: How old were you when you started writing, and how did you become so involved with poetry?Īlyssa Gaines: So I started writing poetry with an assignment in my third grade English class, and we all wrote poems about a color. WFYI’s Elizabeth Gabriel spoke with Gaines about her experiences as a Black Hoosier and how they have influenced her writing career. Gaines will attend Harvard University this fall. Now as the national youth poet laureate, she will spend the next year leading writing workshops, speaking and performing at cultural events across the country, as well as writing a monthly blog hosted by the Library of Congress. Since third grade, Gaines has participated in the Indianapolis Youth Poet Laureate program through the location organization VOICES. This year’s National Youth Poet Laureate is recent Indianapolis high school graduate Alyssa Gaines. My darling little daughter, I love you so,īecause you will be the most beautiful girl, I ever know.Alyssa Gaines was named the 2022 National Youth Poet Laureate in May and is a recent high school graduate of Park Tudor School in Indianapolis. So is that smile of yours when you are playing with your toys. So gentle and sweet is the sound of your voice, So delicate and tiny is your little hand, It’s your day to enjoy, it is what you make!Ĥ3. I’m proud to say that my daughter is awesome. I’ve watched you grow and watched you blossom, I’m proud of you and all that you’ve done, I’ve watched you grow, and you’ve come so far. You may add a poem to a birthday card or frame one and present it as a gift.ģ9. Wish her happy birthday with any of the poems given below. It is a joyful feeling to see your daughter grow up in front of your eyes. There is no one like you or other! Birthday Poems For My Daughter I wish that you shine brighter than the star. A sweet daughter like you is hard to find, She shares your feelings if you have any doubt.ģ7. When you feel down, she is there to assure. She gets you what you want before you blink. My little girl is now grown and steady,įor the gift of a lovely daughter in my life, For that, I want to thank you, my little queen,ģ0.
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