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STUDENT LIFE 11 POETS TO READ FOR GREAT POETRY READING DAY ANNIKA TOMLIN • COLLEGE TIMES

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Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.” — Robert Frost. When the poem is a few short sentences or pages of well-worded prose, poetry can make readers feel a gamut of emotions. In celebration of Great Poetry Reading

Day on April 28, here are 11 poets to consider reading.

11. ROBERT FROST Most have read the 1916 poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost at some point, or at least they know the ending stanza of the poem,

“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I — / I took the one less traveled by/ And that has made all the difference.” This four-time Pulitzer Prize winner was known for his realistic depictions of rural life in New England in the 20th century and his command of American colloquial speech. Other famous poems include “Nothing Gold Can Stay,” “Fire and Ice,” “Mending Wall,” “Birches” and “Home Burial.”

10. LI BAI Born in 701 A.D., Li Bai was an acclaimed Chinese poet who has been called a genius and romantic. Since its conception during the Tang Dynasty, “Quiet Night Thought” remains one of Bai’s most memorable poems. It’s featured in classic Chinese poetry anthologies, such as the “Three Hundred Tang Poems,” and is taught in Chinese-language schools.

9. FRANK O’HARA Francis Russell “Frank” O’Hara was an American writer, poet and art critic as well as a curator at the Museum of Modern Art. His work was highly influenced

by New York, jazz, surrealism, abstract impressionism and other progressive movements. His wellknown poems include “Music,” “Homosexuality,” “The Day Lady Died” and “Having a Coke with You,” the latter of which is read in the 2011 film “Beastly.”

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8. WARSAN SHIRE

Unlike the previous poets, Warsan Shire, a Somali British writer and poet, is alive. On March 1, she released her fulllength debut collection of poems, “Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head: Poems.” Poems cover migration, womanhood, trauma and resilience from the celebrated collaborator on Beyonce’s “Lemonade” and “Black is King.”

Her poem “For Women Who Are Difficult to Love” piqued Beyonce’s interest.

7. LANGSTON HUGHES Born in the early 20th century, Langston Hughes was one of the earliest innovators of the literary art form called jazz poetry.

Hughes is best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance, which was highly referenced within his work. His first poetry collection, “The Weary Blues,” included works on inequality (“I, Too”), resilience (“Mother to Son”), pride (“My People”), hope (“Freedom’s Plow”) and music (“The Trumpet Player”).

6. MAYA ANGELOU Maya Angelou was an American author, poet and civil rights activist who rose to fame with the publication of her first of seven autobiographies, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.” Between childhood trauma and life as a

student life performer, Angelou’s work included themes of racism, identity, family and travel. One of her most famous poems is “Still I Rise,” discussing the adversity of Black people and rising triumphantly despite it.

5. FATIMAH ASGHAR Another living poet, Fatimah Asghar is a South Asian American poet who writes about being a woman, an orphan and a young Pakistani Muslim thrust into contemporary America at a young age. In her debut poetry collection, “If They Come for Us,” Asghar bears anguish, joy, vulnerability and compassion, while exploring the many facets of violence.

4. GREGORY PARDLO Gregory Pardlo is an American poet, writer and professor who won a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 2015 for his poetry collection “Digest.” The Pulitzer judges cited Pardlo’s work as being “clear-voice poems that bring readers the news from 21st century America, rich with thought, ideas and histories public and private.” Some of his famous poems include “Written by Himself” and “Wishing Well.”

3. RUPI KAUR A Canadian poet of Indian

descent, Rupi Kaur began her career self-publishing “Milk and Honey” at age 21. Adding “The Sun and Her Flowers” and “Home Body” to her collection, Kaur will embark on a world tour this year. Her work touches on love, trauma, healing, femininity and migration. She illustrated her books, too.

2. EDGAR ALLAN POE

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From works such as “The Tell-Tale Heart” and “The Raven,” Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor and literary critic. Poe’s tales of mystery and the macabre entice readers to question what’s next.

Other well-known works include “Annabel Lee,” “The City in the Sea” and “Eldorado.”

1. AMANDA GORMAN Named the first National Youth Poet Laureate, Amanda Gorman’s poem “The Hill We Climb,” delivered at President Joe Biden’s inauguration, generated international acclaim. Her work focuses on issues of oppression, feminism, race and marginalization as well as the African diaspora.

She recently released her newest poetry collection, called “Call Us What We Carry,” which includes her inauguration poem. CT

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MODERNIZING MEXICAN CUISINE

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lisa and Paola Moreno’s parents wanted their three children to attend college.

“It was always my dad’s dream for us to live in Phoenix and to study at Arizona State University,” she says.

“My brother was the first to go to ASU, then my sister, Paola,decided to attend Northern Arizona University.”

Moreno followed suit, becoming a Sun Devil.

“I started as a digital marketing major at ASU because I’ve always been super visual and good with all things visual, but I always knew I needed something that felt more complete,” she says.

“Halfway through my major, I discovered a new major called entrepreneurship through the W. P. Carey School of Business, and that caught my attention because I always knew that I wanted to start my own business. I added that as a second major, and that really

changed my life.”

Even though the major was rigorous, Moreno said it was an opportunity she could not turn down.

“While it added another load of classes to the second half of my degree, the classes were so dynamic that it helped me grow,” Moreno says. “It also exposed me to a club for entrepreneurs to network with alumni.”

Now, over a year graduation, Moreno has teamed with her family to share their love of food with Call Her Martina, which will open soon at the Scottsdale Waterfront.

“The main topic of our family has always been food,” she says.

“Our grandmother taught us to try different things and to like all foods.”

As a young entrepreneur — who also owns a charcuterie business called Blame the Cork, which supplies boards to bars like 36 Below and private jet caterers — Moreno saw this as a golden opportunity to expand her

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business portfolio.

“We combined our love of foods with my father’s entrepreneurial background, which motivated us to want to display our culture to our community of Scottsdale — which we have called home for the past decade,” Moreno says.

It also gave her a perfect chance to show off her marketing skills.

“This is my family’s restaurant.

My mom and sister are very involved in the kitchen area, I am involved with the marketing, my brother oversees the bar, my sister helped with the interior design and my dad oversees everything,” Moreno says.

Not only was this beneficial for Elisa, Call Her Martina has also

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given sister Paola — who graduated from NAU with a degree in interior design — an opportunity to show off her skills.

“My sister is an interior designer and I have a lot of ideas, so we complement each other very well,” Moreno says. “Deep down, we’re all entrepreneurs at heart and we all motivate each other.”

The Morenos are excited to change the perception of Mexican food.

“Our main motivation is to clear the stereotypes about what Mexican food is,” Moreno says. “Mexican places here have the typical enchiladas and rice and beans, whereas restaurants in Mexico have so much more of that. There’s so much more fusion, and the food has changed so much over time.”

Call Her Martina will offer traditional Mexican cuisine like tostadas and tacos, but every dish will have an element of pizazz.

“Most of the plates have Mexican profiles like tostadas, tacos and elotes, but each plate brings something different to the table,” Moreno says. “We call it Mexican with a twist, which can be a spice, a different ingredient or a special sauce to create a perfect combination,” Moreno’s goal was to create a restaurant that feels lively and pays homage to some of Mexico’s most inspirational women.

“We wanted to make the space

lively,” she says. “The women whose pictures hang over the kitchen are from La Epoca de Oro, the golden age of Mexican cinema in the 1930s, and that era was so iconic because women were super characteristic of that era.”

“Martina” is a fictional character who embodies the women of Mexico’s golden age of cinema.

“That’s why we called the restaurant Call Her Martina,” she says. “We wanted to make Martina into some sort of a character that also represents all women. Women in these movies had marked characteristics, and we wanted Martina to celebrate all types of women.”

Overall, the family has big plans once doors open this spring that will delight customers walking up and down Marshall Way. “We’re thinking this will likely be a big dinner spot, but we will be open for lunch and we have plans to add a Mexican brunch,” Moreno says. “We also plan to have DJs for happy hour and taco Tuesdays. We definitely want to fit in every hour of the day.” CT

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NUMBERS ANNIKA TOMLIN • COLLEGE TIMES

Feet typically produce 1 pint of sweat daily.

The number “172” can be found on the back of the U.S. $5 bill in the bushes at Lincoln Memorial’s base.

The world’s largest padlock is 916 pounds.

Antarctica’s international telephone dialing code is 672.

Manual shift cars get 2 miles more per gallon than a car with automatic shift.

On average, there are 178 sesame seeds on each McDonald’s Big Mac bun.

7.5 million toothpicks can be created from a cord of wood.

There are about 100,000 muscles in an elephant’s trunk, but not a single bone.

A jar of Nutella is sold every 2.5 seconds.

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