Interview with Poet Gladys W. Muturi

1) What is the theme of your poem?

An open letter to the KKK, Neo-Nazi, and other white supremacists groups.

2) What motivated you to write this poem?

I remember watching the Charlottesville rally on the news and I was painfully distraught by the hate from Neo-Nazi groups.

I thought of why this hatred is going and I wanted to question them why do they hate people of color, religion, sexuality or where they come from.

3) How long have you been writing poetry?

All my life. I fall in love with poems when I was in elementary and I started to write in the 5th grade.

4) If you could have dinner with one person (dead or alive), who would that be?

If I could have dinner with one person, it would be Maya Angelou. I love her.

5) What influenced you to submit to have your poetry performed…