--- title: "4 Elizabeth Acevedo Quotes - Famous Poet" description: "American poet and author... | Elizabeth Acevedo is an American poet and author. In September 2022, the Poetry Foundation named her the year's Young Peop..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/256/elizabeth-acevedo-72235_dive_papi-learned-to-swim-in-water-that-wante_19745.jpg" --- # Elizabeth Acevedo (1988) Poet **4** quotes in **24** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Elizabeth Acevedo is a poet. ## Quick Facts About Elizabeth Acevedo Born February 15, 1988 Profession Poet ## About Elizabeth Acevedo American poet and author... \| Elizabeth Acevedo is an American poet and author. In September 2022, the Poetry Foundation named her the year's Young People's Poet Laureate. ## Quotes by Elizabeth Acevedo > [“Papi learned to swim in water that wanted to kill him. That ocean can't be so different; shouldn't be any different. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-acevedo/papi-learned-to-swim-in-water-that-wanted-to-kill-him-that-ocean-can/) [Elizabeth Acevedo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-acevedo/) [Dive](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dive/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/256/elizabeth-acevedo-72235_dive_papi-learned-to-swim-in-water-that-wante_19745.jpg) > [“Onward. Always onward. I blow her a kiss across the linoleum, & whisper blessings under my breath, divide a piece of God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-acevedo/onward-always-onward-i-blow-her-a-kiss-across-the-linoleum-whisper/) [Elizabeth Acevedo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-acevedo/) [Blessings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blessings/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05a/elizabeth-acevedo-72235_blessings_onward-always-onward-i-blow-her-a-kiss-a_184773.jpg) > [“And as she recites Scripture words tumble out of my mouth too, all of the poems and stanzas I've memorized spill out,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-acevedo/and-as-she-recites-scripture-words-tumble-out-of-my-mouth-too-all-of/) [Elizabeth Acevedo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-acevedo/) [Novel-in-verse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/novel-in-verse-133833/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f26/elizabeth-acevedo-72235_novel-in-verse_and-as-she-recites-scripture-words-tumbl_1812594.jpg) > [“Since my earliest memory, I imagined I would be a chef one day. When other kids were watching Saturday morning cartoons or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-acevedo/since-my-earliest-memory-i-imagined-i-would-be-a-chef-one-day-when/) [Elizabeth Acevedo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-acevedo/) [Chef](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chef/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b52/elizabeth-acevedo-72235_chef_since-my-earliest-memory-i-imagined-i-wo_2596670.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-acevedo/#itemlist", "name": "Elizabeth Acevedo Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Papi learned to swim in water that wanted to kill him. That ocean can't be so different; shouldn't be any different. 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