Raising Asperger's Kids: Anti-Bullying Poetry Slam Entry

Sunday, October 20, 2013

Anti-Bullying Poetry Slam Entry

In light of the horrible bullying epidemic in this country and the death of yet another bullied child, this poetry slam presentation is very refreshing.

Elise

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The first Annual BRONX YOUTH POETRY SLAM took place in May 2013 at the Kingsbridge Library in the Bronx, NY. Curated by Community Board 8 Youth Committee Chairman, Lamont Parker. Co-curated and Hosted by Advocate of Wordz.

Notes from "Advocate Of Wordz" - 'Ethan Metzger did not advance to the second round, but this poem was my favorite one from the evening.'

h/t Israel Matzav

LEGEND

For those who are new to this blog below are the acronyms and who they belong to:

WoS aka hubby: Wise Old Sage. Name given to the husband by the boys..as opposed to me whom they just refer to as a pain in the tuchas

HSB aka highschoolboy: my younger son who is now a high school graduate.

CM1 aka collegeman: this is a moniker for my oldest who is a college graduate. We are calling him collegeman1 because his brother is collegeman2. However, CM1 is starting a masters graduate program this fall and will now, from 5/18/13, be referred to as Mr. GS or Mr. Graduate Student. He graduated with a Masters degree in Computer Science May 2015. Now our goal for him is to integrate him into an adult life, he is Mr. Young Man or Mr.YM. In the ensuing 6 months it has been decided that Mr.YM would go back to school for an additional Masters degree in software engineering, so he is now back to being Mr.GS1.

CM2 aka HSB now Mr. GS2: formerly highschoolboy who is now a college senior. He is known as collegeman2. But don't tell him, he thinks nicknaming him collegeman is idiotic, sophomoric and just plain dumb. So we will keep this just between us. He graduated with a BA May 2015. He was accepted into a Masters program in Media and Communications, so now he is Mr. Graduate Student2, or Mr. GS2.