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April is National Poetry Month, a time when we celebrate poetry and recognize how it has shaped American culture. This year, KUT is participating in National Poetry Month by sharing poems written by students in the Blank Page creative writing programs at Kealing and Fulmore Middle Schools and the Writers' Workshop at Rawson Saunders School. You can read the and listen to the poems here, and you can also listen to the poems read on KUT 90.5 FM throughout the month of April.

Yesterday

Read by Kathy Valentine.

Yesterday I looked out my window and saw only myself
face to face with me, myself and I
I looked away, embarrassed
I couldn’t face her just yet
not after all I’ve done to her,
the unkind thoughts I’ve thought about her
the embarrassment I’ve had about her
someday I’ll learn to love her like I did
as a child
playing with her
laughing with her
with nothing to worry about
but I never will forget her
after all, she is me