Tag: There Are No Kings in America
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Poetry Out Loud 2025
Congratulations to Washington State champion of Poetry Out Loud Sydney Frost who rose “to the top from a field of over 8,000 students from 37 schools” statewide, and who will head to the Poetry Out Loud National Finals in Washington, D.C. on May 6-7. Sydney chose “Siren Song” by Margaret Atwood, “There are no kings…
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There are no kings in America
“There are no kings in America” was first presented at the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors Meeting on July 9, 2019 in keeping with the poet laureate’s duty to open quarterly sessions with an original poem. It has since been published in Vox Populi (2020), poets.org (2022), and Poetry Foundation (2023). In 2022, it…
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Poetry Out Loud
“There are no kings in America” will be included in Poetry Out Loud‘s roster of poems and will also be featured in the Poetry Foundation website. Poetry Out Loud® lifts poetry off the page, creating community and connection. Through this program, high school students across the country participate in a dynamic poetry recitation competition that…
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Walking Into 2023
Thank you, 2022, for all the lessons and milestones! I’m honored to have been part of this year’s events and programs, and grateful to everyone who helped make them happen: I’m looking forward to working on these forthcoming projects in 2023, and especially welcome the friendships they will bring: I am so very grateful for…
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U.S. Consulate General in Shanghai reads “There are no kings in America”
Consul General James Heller of the U.S. Consulate General in Shanghai and staff read, “There are no kings in America,” in honor of Independence Day.
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Dear Poet 2022, “There are no kings in America”
Coming from an immigrant family, being first-generation born here in America, I felt like your poem was the most relatable. Did you feel as if it were necessary to cover the fact that we all are equal? Did your experience with being an immigrant who moved from the Philippines to America motivate you to create…
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Poet Laureate Opening of the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors Meeting
From Supervisor Warren Slocum: Today’s poetry reading by San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto at our Board meeting was so on point. It was on this day in 1776 that General George Washington read the Declaration of Independence to his troops in New York City. And that message and this poem, entitled “There are…
Aileen Cassinetto 