“10/10 would recommend The Duke and Duchess of Sussex for their next Zoom poetry practice.”
Reading poetry in front of an audience can be very stressful – now imagine that the audience includes Meghan Markle and Prince Harry.
This is exactly what happened to a group of poetry students who were having their weekly Zoom meeting when the Duke and Duchess appeared to surprise them. To say that they were shocked is an understatement:
I mean, who wouldn’t have that reaction?
Meghan and Harry’s special participation was organized in honor of Black History Month by the non-profit arts education organization Get Lit, which promotes literacy and trains young people through poetry.
According to the organization’s publicity manager, Mason Granger, Meghan and Harry stopped for 45 minutes during which students had a chance to ask questions, read poetry and just chat with the couple – who impressively knew a lot about the students!
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“They really read and learned the children’s biographies that I sent before!” Mason watched.
Meghan even took the time to share verses from some of her favorite poems!
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“My favorite part of all this was Meghan echoing so many feelings that we talked about in class, about this particular moment in time / history of being a young person and the ripple effect of a single voice,” wrote Mason on Instagram.
He added: “The root of them deciding to come is because at some point in their lives, they were moved by a poem. And whoever wrote that poem at some point thought to himself, ‘Does it really matter? Is anyone even listening? ? ‘And they shared it anyway. Fast forward, ripple, ripple, and these kids have a 45-minute surprise conversation with Prince Harry and Meghan. It was pretty surreal. “
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Student Nyarae Francis also spoke about the experience, writing: “It was life changing, to say the least.”
And, as Mason noted, “10/10 would recommend The Duke and Duchess of Sussex for their next Zoom poetry practice.”
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