The first time I slid down a slide my mother told me to hold my hands towards the sky. Something about gravity, weight distribution, & feeling the air ripple through your fingers. I remember reaching the bottom, smile consuming half of my face, hands still in the air because I didn’t want it to stop.… Continue reading Playground Elegy
Author: Clint Smith
Clint Smith is a teacher, poet, and doctoral candidate at Harvard University. He is a 2014 National Poetry Slam champion, an Individual World Poetry Slam finalist, and was a speaker at the 2015 TED Conference. His poetry has been published or is forthcoming in Kinfolks, Still: The Journal, Off the Coast, American Literary Review, Harvard Educational Review, and elsewhere. He was born and raised in New Orleans and thinks cinnamon rolls are best served at room temperature.