Each year Nebraska Community Foundation commissions the state’s Youth Poet Laureate (named by the Nebraska Writers Collective) to write a poem centered on the foundation’s annual theme. This year’s writer was Allyah American Horse. She wrote about her experience growing up in Gordon, Nebraska. Her poem follows:
Small Town Stars
By Alyah American Horse
When we were little
We used to spend out time looking at the sky
Asking ourselves what tomorrow will bring
Our earliest years were spent dreaming
For things we never imagined we could reach
As children we were dancers, teachers, writers and preac...
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