New generation of poets find familiar in legacy of Tom Lee
“Tom Lee did it by himself and that’s even more inspirational,” said Aayush Jain, a White Station High School student who won first place in the Tom Lee Poetry and Spoken Word Contest. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Tamarrio Anderson (left); Aayush Jain (center), and Logan Parson are the winners of the Tom Lee Poetry and Spoken Word competition by the Memphis River Parks Partnership. (Bill Dries/ Daily Memphian)
“We should get to know the heroes that rarely go noticed, that rarely get a light shined on them,” said Memphis Business Academy High School student Tamarrio Anderson. He won second place in the Tom Lee Poetry and Spoken Word Contest. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Renderings of Tom Lee Park were on display during the Tom Lee Day celebration at Beale Street Landing Friday, May 6, 2022. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Renderings of Tom Lee Park were on display during the Tom Lee Day celebration Friday, May 6, 2022 at Beale Street Landing. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian)
The story of a man who rescued 32 people from the Mississippi River 100 years ago inspires three high school seniors who won the first Tom Lee Poetry and Spoken Word Contest.
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Tom Lee Park Tom Lee Day poetry Beale Street Landing Tyree Daniels Memphis River Parks Partnership Marcus Wicker Aayush Jain Tamarrio Anderson Logan Parson Tom Lee Poetry and Spoken Word Contest Tom LeeBill Dries on demand
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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political campaigns, every county mayor and every Memphis Mayor starting with Wyeth Chandler.
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