John "Vietnam" Nguyen is a junior at Lane Tech High School in Chicago. He says his poem is about, "checking myself before I analyze the wrongs I see," and it's presented through rhymes as a prayer. John is part of Team Kuumba Lynx, an arts-in-education, not-for-profit organization in Chicago, and one of the final four teams in the 2010 Louder Than a Bomb Teen Poetry Slam. Read the full description.
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John "Vietnam" Nguyen is a junior at Lane Tech High School in Chicago. He says his poem is about, "checking myself before I analyze the wrongs I see," and it's presented through rhymes as a prayer. John is part of Team Kuumba Lynx, an arts-in-education, not-for-profit organization in Chicago, and one of the final four teams in the 2010 Louder Than a Bomb Teen Poetry Slam.
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