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KCMO City Council appoints Black woman as city s 1st ever poet laureate

Melissa Ferrer Civil began writing poetry at the age of 12, taking inspiration from Maya Angelou, the prominent poet and civil rights activist.

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Ambassador for poetry and the arts : Introducing Kansas City s first poet laureate

“Poetry helped me to find my voice and my agency,” she told a gathering at City Hall on Thursday. “To be accountable, to be responsible, to be me and to be free.”

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