Black Excellence: Nyla Dinkins
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/02/nx-s1-5380993/national-poetry-out-loud-high-school-students
Four teens on why they like poetry
District of Columbia: Nyla Dinkins
Age: 16
Benjamin Banneker Academic High School
Washington, D.C.
Favorite poem to recite: Learning to Read by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
“Although it is a competition, there’s definitely community,” said Dinkins, who was a finalist in 2024. “I remember some of my fondest moments from last year for Poetry Out Loud were backstage with the other eight finalists. And I just remember that even though there was a lot of anticipation and fear back there, there was also a lot of laughter.”