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Congratulations to Mina King<\/strong> who won 2nd<\/sup> place in the Academy of American Poets National Inauguration Poem Contest.\u00a0 She is one of three students selected by Presidential Inaugural Poet and Academy Education Ambassador Richard Blanco.\u00a0 Mina\u2019s poem will be featured on \u201cPoem a Day\u201d at Poets.org and in American Poets<\/em> magazine.\u00a0 She will also receive $600.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Pursuit of Dawn\u201d<\/p>\n

My stepfather created opportunity<\/p>\n

from the destitute nothing he was dealt,<\/p>\n

consoled only by the American dream<\/p>\n

that came as whispers under snow-dappled stars.<\/p>\n

And from these muffled mumblings<\/p>\n

he bettered his situation.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Congratulations to Mina King who won 2nd place in the Academy of American Poets National Inauguration Poem Contest.\u00a0 She is one of three students selected…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":12052,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nMina King Places 2nd in National Poetry Contest - Caddo Parish Magnet High School<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/caddomagnet.net\/magnet\/mina-king-places-2nd-in-national-poetry-contest\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mina King Places 2nd in National Poetry Contest - 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