{"id":3801,"date":"2012-11-02T08:26:51","date_gmt":"2012-11-02T08:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/floc.org\/?p=3801"},"modified":"2018-10-05T08:28:31","modified_gmt":"2018-10-05T08:28:31","slug":"i-am-original-poem-from-floc-scholar-christian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/floc.org\/flocold2020\/i-am-original-poem-from-floc-scholar-christian\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI Am\u201d: Original Poem from FLOC Scholar Christian"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a Scholars Program staff person, I have the opportunity to work with hundreds of young people, all of whom have infinite capacity to teach, inspire and impact those they encounter. I am consistently amazed by the poetry Scholars speak without even trying to be poetic; the \u2018realness\u2019 and \u2018raw-ness\u2019 (coupled with a somewhat counterintuitive innocence) with which they understand life; the unique perspectives they offer to anyone who will listen; their creativity, ingenuity and inventiveness; the ease with which they will sing and dance when the mood strikes; the fact that some still find simple humorous pleasure in crawling under a table (come on, it\u2019s like fort-building using the only readily available resources); the trusting and open way they share and the way their smiles can change the trajectory of the recipient\u2019s entire day.<\/p>\n\n\t\t