The National Youth Poet Laureate Program
The 2022 Youth Poet Laureate is Alyssa Gaines Pictured), the Midwest Regional Finalist and the first-ever Indianapolis Youth Poet Laureate. Her work was published by Teach for America and has appeared in Scholastic’s “Best Teen Writing,” the Indianapolis Recorder.
Meet poet Michaela Kabat
Spoken-word artist Michaela Kabat is the first poet to be featured on the No Simple Disruption podcast. She grew up in Asheville, N.C. where she started writing at age 8. “I was allowed to do it in class,” she explains. “Poetry, for a long time, has been a way for me to put into words things that are very abstract.”