Add to ORKGKeagan recounts a first-gen poet\u27s experience babysitting a 12 month old who cried incessantly for his mother. Reflecting upon the evening in the weeks that followed, the author comes to realize that this 12 month old experienced emotions a 30 year old man could relate to: loneliness, abandonment, and heartache. The poem is meant to explore these elements of life that begin in infancy and remain with us into mature adulthood
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This poem discusses the overwhelming pressure that is put on students to justify their right to be a...
This poem uses fairytale references to show the differences between first-gen college students and t...
This personal collection of creative nonfiction sheds light on issues of abandonment victimization a...
There can sometimes be a gap between first-gen students and parents who have not experienced the str...
This poem illustrates the struggle of an undergraduate first-generation college student who knew lit...
This poem is about the life of my late grandfather who encouraged me every time we spoke. He urged m...
After embarking on her college career, Carla Ventura is forced to come to terms with an internal war...
This poem describes the imposter syndrome I had to struggle through as a first-gen student. There ar...
“When did you realize that you were a first-generation college student?” Through a collection of nar...
This set of poems addresses the first-gen author\u27s view of modernization from the past to the pre...
In this narrative, Brenda Hernandez explores the relationship with her alcoholic father as she tries...
This poem is a reflection on first-generation college student Tiffany Ta\u27s family heritage. The p...
Small town girl in the city: In this narrative, Mary Ludwig discusses growing up in rural northern C...
abstract: The following collection of YA prose poems have been designed to inspire and promote liter...
Hope is out of our hands. One can hope immensely, but the simple act of hoping is rooted in a feelin...
This poem discusses the overwhelming pressure that is put on students to justify their right to be a...
This poem uses fairytale references to show the differences between first-gen college students and t...
This personal collection of creative nonfiction sheds light on issues of abandonment victimization a...