Ariana Lee is Houston’s seventh Youth Poet Laureate. She has been recognized by YoungArts; opened for US Poet Laureate Ada Limón; and performed for the NCAA® Men's Final Four Legacy Project presented by Degree®. Defunkt Magazine, Houston Arts Journal, and One Breath Partnership Houston have featured her poetry. She resides in Houston, Texas.

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We Take a Rain Check on the Fourth of July Barbecue, But I Can Only Think About Fire

By ARIANA LEE

What is fire if not beginning?