In Bronx Masquerade, Mr. Ward’s high school class is assigned to write an essay. Wesley Boone prefers to write a poem instead. Eventually, each of the 18 students follow and share poems that express the struggles they face.
As I read through this book, I began to understand how I myself could transform a single writing assignment into something much bigger, something much more important. I felt the influence right away. I began to understand the significance of poetry to a greater degree. I