For Maya Picard, it also lit a spark that turned into the poem “Silverware,” this year’s winning entry in the second annual teen poetry contest in recognition of Teen Dating Violence ...

The event is organized by The Domestic Violence Shelter ... of teen dating violence through the creative mediums of art and poetry," the news release reads. To participate, teens must complete ...

the founder of a shelter for survivors of domestic violence, and even politicians — to read poems that showed how meaningful poetry has been in their lives. Then I invited more than 30 published ...