The World is About to End and my Grandparents are in Love By Kara Jackson (Grades 4-6)

Kara Jackson is a 23-year-old singer/songwriter, musician and writer. She was born and raised in Oak Park Illinois and is a graduate of the Oak Park and River Forest High School poetry program. Jackson released her debut album "Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love?" in april of 2023. She became the National Youth Poet Laureate at the age of 19 in 2019. She held that title from 2019-20. Jackson was chosen as a National You Poet Laureate because she was both an amazing poet at such a young age but also because she used her voice in engage youth all over with the issues that effect young women of colour. This specific poem "The World is About to End and my Grandparents are in Love" is about the strenght of her grandparents love. It shows that through all the things the worlds may throw at them, her grandparents will love each other.