Samiyah Green

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Samiyah Green is a student at the Texas Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. Her poem won first place in “What Juneteenth Means (To Me),” a contest organized by Cyrus Cassells, 2021-22 Texas poet laureate, and made possible by the Academy of American Poets and the Mellon Foundation. It is aimed at encouraging young writers to explore the significance of Juneteenth in Texas and American history.

Articles by Samiyah Green

The hands of a person of color cupped around a seedling of a small tree, its leaves looking a little bit like angel's wings.

Poem: The Pantoum

The winning poem in the “What Juneteenth Means (To Me)” contest organized by Cyrus Cassells, 2021-22 Texas poet laureate.

by Samiyah Green