Four students who participated in Elon Law's annual High Rhymes & Misdemeanors Poetry Slam this fall were interviewed by Greensboro poet laureate Josephus Thompson III for his podcast and public radio program.
福利亚洲国产精品 School of Law students and their poetry are featured in the latest episode of a nationally syndicated poetry podcast and radio program hosted by Greensboro鈥檚 poet laureate.
The Dec. 17 episode of includes interviews with four Elon Law students 鈥 Marlaisha Vereen L鈥27, Julian Sizemore L鈥27, Dmitri McKinney L鈥25 and Savannah Stinson L鈥25 鈥 who competed in the law school鈥檚 seventh annual High Rhymes and Misdemeanors Poetry Slam on Oct. 23.
鈥淭he Poetry Caf茅鈥 is hosted by , Greensboro鈥檚 inaugural poet laureate, who served as a judge for the law school鈥檚 poetry competition and later invited the students to appear on the program.
The podcast is available on , , and other streaming platforms.
During the episode, the students discuss the inspiration behind their poems, how poetry and legal writing intersect and what drew them to pursue careers in law.
鈥淧eople might not realize how much legal writing is poetic,鈥 McKinney says in the podcast. 鈥淓very clerk and every jurist has a different style of writing. You can see their priorities, passions and personalities in the way they write. Every opinion tells a story, balancing emotion with the rule of law and justice.鈥
鈥淭he Poetry Caf茅鈥 airs Sundays from 6鈥7 p.m. on WUNC and is syndicated nationally through American Public Media. More information is available at .