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Daniel Zhang

Daniel Zhang is a student at Phillips Exeter Academy. He is a youth poet laureate of New Hampshire and has been recognized by the National Scholastic Art & Writing Awards and the Poetry Society. Daniel loves Paul Celan poems, listening to his friends’ playlists, strawberries, and I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson.

Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize

Sept/Oct 2021

Golden

By Daniel Zhang

Winner2021 Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers The man in sequins is slamming his head          against the red window. The woman with the bandaged arms          is cradling his spotted hands, begging: […]