National Poetry Month Day 23: Porsha Olayiwola

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MARGARET GARNER CROSSES THE OHIO RIVER
ONLY TO GET CAUGHT AND SOLD DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI
OR THE MOTHER STANDS TRIAL FOR MURDERING HER CHILDREN

 

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Author photo by Carolina Porras Monroy

Porsha Olayiwola is a queer-Black writer, educator and curator. She is an Individual World Poetry Slam Champion and the Poet Laureate for the City of Boston. More from this author →