“Sixteen-year-old Charisma Holly of Detroit helped kick off Detroit Homecoming with a performance of the following poem. The theme of this year’s Homecoming was ‘Detroit 2050,’ and we thought the poem painted such a vivid picture of Detroit’s history and where it is — or could be — heading, we wanted to share it with a wider audience here.” — Crain’s Detroit Business 

“Charisma Holly is a spoken-word artist and a senior at the Detroit Edison Public School Academy, where she participates in InsideOut Literary Arts Citywide Poets after-school program.”

— Crain’s Detroit Business