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Don't Shake the Spoon Volume 4 - Reflections
We asked Don’t Shake the Spoon writers how they felt about being published. This is what they had to say…
This is the 4th and final part in a blog series surrounding DSTS. Read the rest below!
Don't Shake the Spoon Volume 4 Editor Blog Tania Cepero Lopez
Tania Cepero Lopez is a co-editor for Don’t Shake the Spoon Volume 4. This is part 3 of a 4 part series of Blogs.
Don't Shake the Spoon Volume 4 Editor Blog Gissell Del Castillo
Gissell Del Castillo is a co-editor for Don’t Shake the Spoon Volume 4. This is part 2 of a 4 part series of Blogs.
Don't Shake the Spoon Volume 4 Editor Blog Paul Feigenbaum
Paul Feigenbaum is a co-editor for Don’t Shake the Spoon Volume 4. This is part 1 of a 4 part series of Blogs.
Barz Behind Bars
On October 7th, students performed at Avon Park’s first poetry slam, Barz Behind Bars. Here’s what they had to say about their experience.
Five Things
When I first approached the Everglades Correctional Institution in Miami, Florida, nervous couldn’t even begin to describe how I felt. Not knowing what to expect, every episode of “Law and Order” played in a compilation through my head. I mentally rehearsed how to introduce myself while reminding myself every five minutes, “incarcerated person, not inmate,” not knowing what to do with my hands.
Better Together
As a young child, I remember going with my mom several times to visit my uncle in a prison somewhere in Georgia. I don’t remember much of anything about the facility. What I remember is my uncle being glad to see his sister and her two children. His face lit up when he saw us, and I felt his warmth and his love in what I would later realize was a cold and unforgiving place.
Q & A With 2023-2024 Poet Laureate Catherine Lafleur
More than two decades ago, I was kept in solitary confinement for 480 days. It was brutal. I became disconnected from my mind. Poetry saved me. I was allotted a tiny pen no longer than my pinkie finger.