<![if !vml]><![endif]>Friends of Vocational Technical & Agricultural Education,
We are most excited to share with you a truly remarkable piece featured on Channel 5 ABC Boston today in celebration of Valentine’s Day!
Serenity Jackson, a freshman at Worcester Technical High School majoring in Allied Health, Worcester’s Youth Poet Laureate, has composed a special love poem for her community this Valentine’s Day.
It is an absolutely amazing and a perfect Valentine’s message for everyone! Please make time today to listen…and learn …from her message of love.
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Worcester’s Youth Poet Laureate crafts love poem with community’s words
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WORCESTER, Mass. — 11:32 AM EST Feb 14, 2024
<![if !vml]><![endif]>Worcester’s Youth Poet Laureate has composed a special love poem for her community this Valentine’s Day.
Serenity Jackson, a freshman at Worcester Technical High School majoring in Allied Health, says she’s been rapping since she was just five years old.
Going by the name Lil Rennie, she’s performed on stages for her community many times, starting in pageants as a youngster.
But now Jackson has a new title: Youth Poet Laureate for the city of Worcester.
"I was doing English unit, and we were doing poetry, and I discovered I was really good at writing poems," Jackson said. "So, then I was like, I want to do this!"
Jackson said writing poetry gives her creative freedom and an opportunity to live through teenage experiences she’s still navigating.
"I’m still learning about my emotions, and I still don’t know everything about it," she said. "But it helps me understand it more. Then I can share it with my mom, and she helps me learn as well."
Jackson, whose parents are both nurses, said she also wants to be a nurse or a pediatrician. But says rapping, writing and artistry will remain a part of her life.
She hopes her poetry and her songs offer a window into her emotions that others can tap into.
"Mostly, I want them to feel that they’re not alone," she said.
This Valentine’s Day, we asked Jackson to compose a special poem for her community with help from her community.
We went to Worcester to ask people there, "What is love?" Jackson took those words to craft an original piece for her hometown.
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