Congratulations to Kenmore’s 2025-2026 Youth Poet Laureate Jadie Hwang.
Jadie is a sophomore at Inglemoor High School. Her awards and activities include three Awards of Merit in the PTSA Reflections, publication in literary magazines Abobo Zine and Deal Jam Magazine, two Silver Keys in the Scholastic Art and Writing Competition, a member of the Foyle Young Poets Network, and service on Northshore School District’s Student Justice Collective.
Excerpt from “Self Portrait” by Jadie Hwang
Do the postulates and theorems of geometry
Still hold true?
Congruence and symmetry, reflect me
Across the y-axis
Lines are an infinite series of points
Maybe I am a line,
Thin and delicate
Branching off into infinity.
