On Saturday, in honor of Black History Month, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle joined a virtual poetry class with Get Lit, an organization that promotes literacy and empowers young people through poetry.
“Guess who surprised our poetry class this weekend?! It was the best weekend EVER!” the organization captioned a screenshot of the royal couple joining their Zoom call. “Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, were magic and kind and interested in poetry!”
Get Lit went on to say that Meghan shared some of her favorite lines of poems, describing it as the it “most epic experience in Get Lit history!!!”
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Teacher Mason Granger had revealed Harry and Meghan’s visit on his own Instagram page.
“The root of them deciding to come is because at some point in their lives, they were moved by a poem,” he said. “And whoever wrote that poem at some point thought to themselves, ‘Does this even matter? Is anyone even listening?’ And they shared it anyway. Fast forward ripple ripple ripple and these kids get a surprise 45 minute chat with the Prince Harry and Meghan. It was pretty surreal.”
“My kids shared poems, they asked questions, the kids answered and asked questions back, they responded authentically (they actually read and learned the kids bios I’d sent earlier),” he added. “The org and all the kids are posting today with more details about the visit— I just want to say that the Get Lit Players are brilliant and 10/10 would recommend The Duke and Duchess of Sussex for your next Zoom poetry practice.”
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In the video that was shared by Get Lit, a student asked the royal couple why they were interested in the organization and poetry in general.
“It was recommended to us,” Harry replied. “We really just wanted to see you guys, meet you guys and see how this was working through Zoom.”
“It’s so interesting as we watch our world go through this alchemy process, right,” Meghan chimed in to add. “Everything is being churned and turned, and hopefully what comes out is something solid.”
Harry and Meghan have reportedly spent the last few months talking to community leaders about how they can both learn more and contribute to the Black Lives Matter movement.
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