The National Endowment for the Poetry Foundation for the year 2023 winner is Sreepadarchana Munjuluri.
Ms. Munjuluri will receive a winning prize of $20,000 for her poem.
Check out her winning poem speech below.
Bonus Poem : Gun Violence’s
A little boy got gunned down in the streets today
Not a tear from no one
Not a scream
Not a call for help
Abnormal became the NORMAL
Too many lives are lost to senseless gun violence’s
Too many families are torn apart
Too many children learn to fight instead of communicating
Too many bullets aim to take a life
Why do we let this madness carry on
Why do we turn away from those who cry for help
Why do we not embrace the power of love
The time has come to put an end to this mess
The time has come to stand up for what’s right
The time has come to heal the gun violence wounds
The time has come to join our minds together
and create a new gun law that saves us all.
By Bernadine Feagins
Philly News 