Maia Mayor performs her original poem, “Perfect.” Read the classic poem that inspired this response and learn more about Maia’s story in GET LIT RISING.

The Get Lit Players are an award-winning classic teen poetry troupe selected from students in the Get Lit program. They perform annually for over 25,000 of their peers, igniting a passion for literacy and social consciousness in schools and communities across the globe. The GLPs have collaborated and performed with the United Nations, the White House, the Kennedy Center, and more. Learn more in their new book, GET LIT RISING. Join the Literary Riot at getlit.org. Claim your poem. Claim your life.