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Prized Poetry

Natalie Kawam '19 earns award for her work "The Pulse."

Natalie Kawam 鈥19 hated poetry鈥攗ntil an encounter with T.S. Eliot鈥檚 work won her over. Today, she studies with 草榴成人社区 poets J.C. Todd and Dilruba Ahmed. Her poem 鈥淭he Pulse鈥 won the College鈥檚 American Academy of Poets prize鈥an honor that included publication on the Academy鈥檚 website.

Says Kawam, 鈥淵ou see other poets who have received this prize, like Louise Gl蠇ck, and you realize this is really an award for poets who are going to be something someday.鈥

Published on: 03/17/2017