From ABC7News.com:
OAKLAND, CA (KGO) — An 11-year-old boy, Charles Mack, has won a prestigious honor in representing Oakland in the “America Scores Poetry Slam” contest.
Charles is a student at Futures Elementary.
All the contest winners are student athletes; Charles plays soccer.
His poem is about love and says his mother is his inspiration.
“Love is a thing that you can’t forget, and when you find love, you can’t regret. Love is here and love is there and when you don’t feel it, just know it really is there. Love is sweet, love is kind, like sugar and honey, and everything fine. Like fruity and chewy, the heart is soft. There’s all kinds of love, like love in your heart,” said Charles as he recited lines from his poem.
Charles and the other winners will recite their poems at the New York Stock Exchange next week.
Charles says he is not nervous at all. Link to article with video of Charles…