Arrow Rock
Document Type
Poetry
Recommended Citation
Tanui, Jasmine
(2021)
"The Tree,"
Arrow Rock: Vol. 1:
Iss.
13, Article 16.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.lindenwood.edu/arrow_rock/vol1/iss13/16
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Date
5/2/23
Author Bio
Jasmine Tanui Who is she? Everyone within a grasp of her writings wonders who she might be. Her scripts lift the dullness of the reader, leaving the people who have read it wanting more. She writes to please herself but the words on the paper are never selfish. Reading her poetry is like knowing her. You know her greatest fears and her roots of happiness all from the letters she forms into words. You feel her sadness and celebration. Her writings make her indestructible. She is Jasmine Tanui, sometimes known as Jemutai, her native name. She is a 19-year-old, African American girl with Kenyan roots.