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PROMOTING POETRY IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE – Student Poet Laureate Octavia Prosser, an Oak Harbor high school senior, does what poets do best: make the magic of poetry appear before the eyes of the public. She is chalking a Langston Hughes poem, a timely reminder that the past is never past. She copied and quoted “What happens to a dream deferred?” – Photo courtesy of Octavia Prosser