Four students who participated in Elon Law's annual High Rhymes & Misdemeanors Poetry Slam this fall were interviewed by Greensboro poet laureate Josephus Thompson III for his podcast and public radio program.
Elon University School of Law students and their poetry are featured in the latest episode of a nationally syndicated poetry podcast and radio program hosted by Greensboro’s poet laureate.
The Dec. 17 episode of “The Poetry Café” includes interviews with four Elon Law students — Marlaisha Vereen L’27, Julian Sizemore L’27, Dmitri McKinney L’25 and Savannah Stinson L’25 — who competed in the law school’s seventh annual High Rhymes and Misdemeanors Poetry Slam on Oct. 23.
“The Poetry Café” is hosted by Josephus Thompson III, Greensboro’s inaugural poet laureate, who served as a judge for the law school’s poetry competition and later invited the students to appear on the program.
The podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and other streaming platforms.
During the episode, the students discuss the inspiration behind their poems, how poetry and legal writing intersect and what drew them to pursue careers in law.
“People might not realize how much legal writing is poetic,” McKinney says in the podcast. “Every clerk and every jurist has a different style of writing. You can see their priorities, passions and personalities in the way they write. Every opinion tells a story, balancing emotion with the rule of law and justice.”
“The Poetry Café” airs Sundays from 6–7 p.m. on WUNC and is syndicated nationally through American Public Media. More information is available at www.thepoetrycafe.org.