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From a pandemic to an insurrection, we live in unprecedented times. But poetry has been there for us giving comfort and inspiration. Consider Amanda Gorman: Her fiery performance at the inauguration of President Joe Biden brought a turbulent country to reflection. And according to NPR, overall visits to the website poets.org went up 30% in recent months.
Now that the pandemic is easing, we’re talking about lessons learned through the art of poetry. GPB s Leah Fleming spoke recently with three Georgia poets.
Since 2019,
Rachel Economy is the founder and owner of Index for the Next World.
Yolanda Latimore, also known as Y-O, is a poet and the leader/founder of Poetic Peace Art.
Leah Fleming: This is
Georgia Today. I m Leah Fleming, in for Steve Fennessy. Over the last few months, we ve seen a seismic shift in Georgia as the state helped Democrats capture the White House and the U.S. Senate. A majority of those in Georgia who voted for Joe Biden were Black and the state elected its first African-American U.S. senator. According to Census data analyzed by the Pew Research Center, the state s eligible voter population grew by about two million over a nearly 20-year period starting in 2000. Georgia is seeing more Black folks move to cities and towns, proving that the demographic shift is a thing.