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Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award

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Bronxville Senior's Winning Poem Remembers Grandfather, 'Lost' Language Bronxville Senior's Winning Poem Remembers Grandfather, 'Lost' Language
Bronxville Senior's Winning Poem Remembers Grandfather, 'Lost' Language "As my grandfather passed on his language to lifeless air as I fell asleep in front of him How would I have known that out of all the phrases, his real name, it is reduced to almost nothing Only the numbers remain Eyns Tsvey Dray Fir Finif Zeks Zibn Akht Nayn Tsen How could I have known that The decade I didn’t speak cost me a tongue." These are the words of a winning poet, 16-year-old Jean Klurfeld, a senior at Bronxville High School. Her poem, "Zeyde," won an international award. It was inspired by a lesson on immigration, language and poetry and how first-second- and third-generation…

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