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MEETING DATE: April 21, 2026 FROM: Sharlene Tipton, City Clerk
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SUBJECT: 2A--Presentation from Shasta County Arts Council's Youth Poet State Finalist.
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Presentation from Shasta County Arts Council's Youth Poet Angela Ekezie, who represented
University Preparatory School as the Shasta County Champion and a Finalist in the 2026 Poetry
Out Loud Competition, held on March 8-9, 2026, in Sacramento, California.
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CA Arts Council - 2026 Poetry Out Loud Program
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champion and Paetry Qurselves first-place winner
I am a mosaic,my fa�ade color-rich yet artificial
I am a gill-less tadpole,drowning with my first few breaths of home
I am a half-errrpty cup,full in your eyes but draining fast when seen through mine.
Express yourself,they preach in grade-school English.
Use metaphors;make yourself something you aren't
People will understand that way.
You graw to love your language;when your fingertips dance over the keyboard you
become
A maestro of inelodrama,a princeps of personification,an adept of alliteration
Still,even language has limits.
Still,you silently scream what makes you you into the darkness every night,and no one
hears.
Articulate as a clacking hen
Communicative as a text message
What makes you different?you wonder.What makes us all difFerent?
Why can't we understand each other?You thraw yourself into your writing
Maybe people will understand that way.
I am a river, you write,ever-changing and feeling more of mysel f sBip away with every
second.
No.t am an island in a neverending archipelago,reaching reaching reaching
Over the un forgiving sea that separates—
No.I'm a vast ocean—
No.I'm a stagnant puddle—
I'm a single tear—
Your throat is raw,although you haven't made a sound.
What will it take for us to truly see each other?Where does cruelty come from?
As night creeps into morning,you can finally whisper the truth
Withaut dressing it up in figurative flowers.
I'm a lost child.
I'm alone in the darkness.
I'm empty.
We ail are.
Alone together in the inky-black,maon-bright world.
And i f not in any other way,can't we relate in that?
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necessary ta correctly represent the
important parts of my America:the diversity,
the bravery,and the difi-�erent identities that
can come together in times of need:'
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oem 2 Ch�cago - Carl Sandburg
. Poem 3 O Captain!My Captain!
- Walt Whitman
66Art is very important to me because it
allows me to express my feelings, thoughts,
and creativity in a way that is bath
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- Robert Frast
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poems are for."
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Teacher Joshua Swanson
oem 1 We Wear The Mask
- Paul Laurence Dunbar
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�, . Poem 3 Night o f Love
- Paul Laurence Dunbar
661 believe that poetry speaks the
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than logic ever could:'
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Teacher Stephanie Stever
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-Alice Quer Miller
"To me, it is about getting to shaw others the
emotions and meanings that I have found in
simple words and frases:'
9 CALIFORNIA POETRYOUT LOUD
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- Mary Weston Fordham
Poem 3 Fire and ice - Robert Frost
"To me, the arts have always provided the
drive to BE. The drive to be bolder, to be
kinder, or just to be heard. The spoken word
is the one thing I cannot be held back from,
It is my safe place,And now, I just want to
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Teacher Megan Pucillo-Slayton
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aem 2 Longings - Nellie Rathbane Bright
��`� Poem 3 Nothing to Do
-James Ephraim McGirt
"In each line I recite, I challenge who I am
and wha I can become:'
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- Ralph Waldo Emersan
"Poetry Out Loud gives me the opportunity to
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with other interesting students, since I am
homeschooled. I enjoy trying to get inside
the author's head and then bring the poem
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writing it, and how the poem makes me feel:'
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Poem 3 Separation - Saphie Jewett
"Poetry is something that has been
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"It means to express yourself and show love
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., oem 2 That Music Always Round Me
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Poem 3 A Far Country- �eslie Pinckney Hill
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��` oem 1 lt Was Not Fate
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Poem 2 Before a Painting
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"To me, performing arts is the strongest,
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- Fenton Johnson
Poem 2 A Prayer
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Poem 3 A frica
- Lewis Grandison Alexander
"Discovering expression in ways that I have
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"I think paetry is something really
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- Francis Scott Key
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- George Marion McClellan
"Through poetry, I excavate the past, breathe
it into the present, and rebuild the future
from unearthed truths:'
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"To me, Poetry Out Loud is an opportunity
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- Francis Ellen Watkins Harper
Poem 2 The Paradax
- Paul Laurence Dunbar
Poem 3 Mrlitants ta Certain Other Women
- Katharine Rolstan Fisher
<`Art is what gives me life. It's the blood
running through my veins, and I wouldn't
have it any other way."
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Qn Seeing His Works
- Phillis Wheatley
Poem 2 Thoughts in Jail
- Katharine Rolston Fisher
oem 3 Ships that Pass in the Night
- Paul Laurence Dunbar
"From my teachers, I learned that poetry
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- George Moses Horton
Poem 3 The House an the Hill
- Edwin Arlington Robinson
<`Poetry Out �.oud provides me with the
opportunity to see more outside of my
small community."
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Poem 2 Trees -Joyce Kilmer
Poem 3 The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls
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"Poetry Qut Loud is a form af art to
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Teacher Jardan Henry
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oem 2 Why We Oppose Pockets for Women
- Alice Duer Miller
oem 3 Chicago - Carl Sandburg
"The arts have long since been what's
allowed me to discover the true meaning of
connectian. Translatian in specific is how
I was able to learn the value behind every
word written and every gesture made: it all
matters, it°s all authentic, and it's all how we
connect to the world today. Lose one word
or sign and you lose the meaning:'
27 CALIFORNIA POETRY OUT�OUD
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Poem 1 Minstrel Man - �angston Hughes
"� oem 2 Mother to Son - �angston Hughes
� Poem 3 Aunt Sue's Stories
- l.angston Hughes
"I love every form of art.As an artist I like to
broaden my experiences, and try out new
mediums and things. I think all art forms are
important in this day and age because thy give
us the ability to express ourselves di�erently."
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� Poem 1 An Apology-Julia Ward Howe
�� Poem 2 Elegy Be fore Death
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_ Paem 3 The Paradox
- Paul Laurence Dunbar
"From your vaice to your hands,the arts are
the purest form of expression.You are the
artist, as well as the art:'
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are a way of self-expression.Anyway,to just
speak without feeling as if you're being judged:'
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Teacher Manica Young-Zook
z�" oem 1 Ta a Young Dancing Giri
- Elsa Gidlow
oem 2 We Wear The Mask
- Paul Laurence-Dunbar
Poem 3 Saturday's Child
- Countee Cullen
"Paetry is more than an art form; it is a way
of life expression in world full of oppression."
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Poem 1 Militants to Certain C?tner Women
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Poem 2 To a Young Dancing Girl
- Elsa Gidlow
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"To me,the arts are a sign that we are still
human, and feel things strongly enough to
put into art.And nobody, and nothing, can
take that away from us."
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- Henry Wadsworth �ongfellow
Poem 2 America the Beauti ful
- Katherine Lee Bates
Poem 3 Medusa - Louise Bogan
"Poetry Out Loud has helped me discover an inner
well of confidence and power l didn't know I had.
It has given me a deeper appreciatian of poetry
and a new outlook on art as a whole. Every time I
get on stage to perform my poems I feel like I am
becaming something more than myself, something
bigger, or maybe I'm just getting closer to fully
realizing the person I am:'
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Poem 2 A Dream Within a Dream
- Edgar Allan Poe
Poem 3: Suppose - Phoebe Cary
66Poetry is an art that represents all the
goad, bad, and ugly parts of the world and
I live through all of those in my day to day
life. Poetry is a beautiful art that is truly
appreciated here and I love an enviranment
that embraces the arts because there is
literally not Earth without art:'
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Teacher Mathew Fridrich
Paem 1 To Solitude -Alice Cary
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- Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
<`Art is an act of nobility and necessity,for
through art, people see themselves.Art has
the ability to lift spirits and change lives.Art
must be made, and I must make art:'
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� TI YE F E Ti E 1 T
2026 marks a historic milestone for the California Arts
Council (C,4C) as we celebrate our 50th Anniversary. For
five decades, the CAC has served as the bacl<bone of
the Galden State`s cultural landscape, championing the
transformative power of the arts in every community.
Under the theme "50 Years of Creative Impact," we are
honoring the visionaries who built this agency while (ooking
forward ta a bold, inclusive future far the next half-century.
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Throughout the year, we invite you to engage with the
arts through grantee-dedicated events and the 50th
Anniversary Arts Awards Ceremany taking place April 20
in Sacramento.
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Go to arts.ca.gov to learn more about our celebratory year
and subscribe to ArkBeat our official newsletter,for updates
on events, public meetings, and special announcements.
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Dianna taught through CPITS, received California Arts Council
grants, and taught poetry through the WJA Prison Arts Program.
Some Publications: Blue Heran Review 2025; Tule Review; The
Power of the Feminine Val. II; California Quarterly; Women in a
Golden State, 2025; Artemis Jaurnal and The Adirandack Review.
Pushcart Nominatian fram Blue Heran Review 2Q25, her tenth
Pushcart naminatian. MFA '89, Vermont College.
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Valentina Gamez is a writer with an educational background in
psychology and creative writing from the University of Southern
California, She writes about people, grief and possibility, and the
terrible but important plight of being human. Her work has been
primarily publisned in FCr)iction and Exposition Review.
KATE STOVER
Kate is the Arts Consultant at the Tulare County Qfl�ce af Education.
She believes in hope, healing, and humanity through the arts. She
supports and advocates for high-quality arts education for the
students, educators,families, and communities of Tulare County.
She also represents the Central Valley as Regional Co-Lead for the
California County Superintendents Statewide Arts Initiative.
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Alison caught the paefiry bug taking classes from poets Thom Gunn
and Josephine Miles at UC Berkeley.That led, in part,to a career in
words, reporting and editing at The Sacramenta Bee for 22 years.
Now retired, she plays in The Templetons jazz band, and she still
reads poetry.
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