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Rachael, Rachel, and Russell explore the world of poetry. The Rach(a)els share very moving poems while Russell opts for pirates.

Books we discussed include:

• “The Crossover” by Kwame Alexander
• “Good Different” by Meg Eden Kuyatt
• “The World’s Wife” by Carol Ann Duffy
• “You Better Be Lightning” by Andrea Gibson
• “Where the Sidewalk Ends” by Shel Silverstein
• Nick George the Poet
• “The Rose that Grew from Concrete” by Tupac Shakur
• “For Everyone” by Jason Reynolds
• The Collected Works of Nikki Giovanni
• “The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country” by Amanda Gorman (read at President Biden’s 2021 inauguration)