06/17/2025
๐บ๐ธ โDear Americaโ is a letter we all need to readโwith our hearts wide open.
๐๏ธ A voice of her generation. A call to conscience. A poem youโll never forget.
๐ This moving performance at TEDxDelrayBeach PointBREAK ๐ challenges us to confront our collective shadows and inspires a renewed commitment to empathy, history and invites us to hold up a mirror to our nationโs fractured ideals.
Karmiah Smith, a junior at Deyfoos School of the Arts, believes in the power of creative expression. Co-president of her schoolโs Slam Poetry team, she is also an award-winning editor for The Muse, her schools newspaper.
๐ฅ Every word hits. Every pause matters. ๐
This is not just poetryโitโs strength. Itโs prayer. Itโs truth unmuted.
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In โDear America,โ spoken-word artist Karmiah Smith weaves a powerful intergenerational narrativeโfrom rescuing an injured butterfly as a child to her grandp...