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LEOMINSTER — It’s one thing to write a poem, and something else entirely to effectively communicate that poem to a live audience. Leominster High School held its schoolwide Poetry Out Loud recitation ...

High school students from across the state gathered Saturday to recite famous poems for the Poetry Out Loud National Recitation Contest. Held in the Mark O. Hatfield library at Willamette University, ...

Reciting poems that touched on the complexities of her Mexican-American heritage, a St. Francis DeSales High School senior recently won Ohio's Poetry Out Loud competition and will take part in the ...

Willa Perry-Spears stands with their honorable mention medal at the 2023 Minnesota Poetry Out Loud state competition Friday at Mankato State University. DULUTH — Willa Perry-Spears hadn't thought much ...

PLYMOUTH, Ind. (AP) – A northern Indiana girl has become the first person to score three straight wins in the state’s decade-old poetry recitation contest. The Indiana Arts Commission said Wednesday ...

Natasha Vargas is the 2014 New Jersey Poetry Out Loud champion. The Lawrence High School senior beat out nine other state finalists at this morning's contest at NJPAC in Newark. (Frances Micklow/The ...

Mar. 23—As Wica-ta-wi Hoksina Brown inhabits the poem that won him the state Poetry Out Loud championship, he does so carefully, his voice almost conversational at first, then growing in strength and ...

And I'm Melissa Block. If you're looking for proof that teenagers aren't only interested in texting their friends or finding out who got booted off "American Idol," there is Poetry Out Loud. It's a ...