Parkmont Poetry Festival

Since 1982 the Parkmont School has been celebrating the creative talents of the District of Columbia’s middle and secondary school students by sponsoring the annual Parkmont Poetry Festival.

Matter. Black. Lives.
Kiara Accad
Capital City Public Charter School
My Beautiful Black Skin
Kennedy Adams
St. John’s College High School
Sweet Tooth
Layla Adebutu
British International School
Six Haikus for George Floyd
Mateo Ago
Parkmont School
Faded Denim
Jayna Agrawal
Sidwell Friends School
2005
William Aitken
Parkmont School
Splatter Paint
Parker Alexander
Sidwell Friends School
Ode to Pancakes
Emilie Allen
Maret School
Language Barriers
Victoria Almendarez
District of Columbia International School
the weight on our shoulders
Chaitan Altevogt
Sidwell Friends School
10,000 Branches
Sahana Altevogt
Sidwell Friends School
Sunbeam
Dona Anderson
Capital City Public Charter School
Conflicted
Keaton Anderson
The Field School
Doubt-ery
Ana Argueta
E.L. Haynes PCS
Different
Nayla Arze-Habal
Sidwell Friends School
Elegy for Forgotten Memories
Jefferson Ascencio
Gonzaga College High School
Truth, Lies, & A Beast
Eryn Attaway
Richard Wright Public Charter School
Hide From Badges
Christian Attorri
Emerson Preparatory School
Goddesses
Isabel Avidon
Georgetown Day School
how i fell for fifteen years
and somehow didn’t notice
Isabel Avidon
Georgetown Day School
In which i am visited by Angels who speak to me of Death
Isabel Avidon
Georgetown Day School
Reunion
Neve Ayvazian
Maret School
Metamorphosis
Neve Ayvazian
Maret School
My Maria
Zena Bacigalupo
National Cathedral School
Seeing Feelings
George Bankoff
Sidwell Friends School
Red
Fred Bao
Sidwell Friends School
Trains
Laila Bapna
Georgetown Day School
The Shadow that Lurks
Laila Bapna
Georgetown Day School
a broken mirror
Ava Beckman
The Field School
I am from
Ameen Bekere
Parkmont School
Big Sister Blues
Erica Bell
Charles Hart Middle School
Echoes
Sawyer Beveridge
Sidwell Friends School
naturalization oath
Aigerim Bibol
Sidwell Friends School
I, Ophelia; or, the Art of Drowning
Aigerim Bibol
Sidwell Friends School
Thought, Not Paper
Amika Bibolov
Sidwell Friends School
I Am
Ava Blum
Georgetown Day School
Welcome To Society
Cris Bocock
The Lab School of Washington
A Light in the Dark
Naomi Borek
Georgetown Day School
August 6, 1945
Maddox Boshart
Gonzaga College High School
Where Are You From?
Damill Bostic
Washington Jesuit Academy
The winter inside of me
Julio Bouknight
Ballou Senior High School
Mountain
Julius Boxer-Cooper
Georgetown Day School
The Ways In Which We Resist
Amina Bradford
Sheridan School
Colors
Shareek Branch
Gonzaga College High School
American
Melanie Breslin
Sheridan School
Garden of Music
Anna Brody
Sidwell Friends School
A time in life
Romy Bronin
Sidwell Friends School
Passenger
Jermaine Brown
Charles Hart Middle School
Someplace in the afternoon
Jermaine Brown
Charles Hart Middle School
I have magic
Ja’Veon Brown
Charles Hart Middle School
Anger
Nour Burik
Sidwell Friends School
I Am The Streets
Rafael Bush
Capital City Public Charter School
November
Christopher Campbell
Parkmont School
Time
Chris Campbell
Parkmont School
At a Thrift Store
Coco Campbell Brainard
Sidwell Friends School
Doesn’t have a name Yet . . . ?
Esmeralda Carranza Morales
EL Haynes PCS
Brielle
Brielle Carry
Charles Hart Middle School
My Worth
Brielle Carry
Charles Hart Middle School
Masterpiece
Xavier Carson
Charles Hart Middle School
The Runner
McKayla Carter
The Lab School of Washington