Meet Karima Moor: Birmingham’s First-Ever Youth Poet Fellow

By Sym Posey | The Birmingham Times The State of Alabama and the City of Birmingham both have poet laureates in Ashley Jones and Salaam Green, respectively. Meet Karima Moor, Birmingham’s first Youth Poet Fellow, who considers herself just an ordinary young adult with a passion to create and deep love for writing. The 21-year-old Birmingham native delivered one of her poems Unity, during Mayor Randall Woodfin’s second inauguration in 2021 and released her first book in August title Married2theMission: HerArchy: GOD. GIRLS. AND The American Church. “It was a collaboration with women all over the U.S. to discuss girls, God, and the American church,” she said. “I was honored to be apart and encourage women and men to walk in purpose and understand they are chosen by God.” In July, Green nominated two women to serve as the community’s poet fellows: Moor as the inaugural Youth Poet Fellow and Maati Sanovia as the Adult Poet Fellow. “I’m very appreciative for the opportunity,” Moor said of the designation. She’s also pleased to be named a poet laureate at the same time as Jones and Green. “I think Black women being the peak, being the head, being what you see when...