MIDDLETOWN >> Michaella Toledo thought poetry recitation may be fun, and then she found she had a hidden talent for the art. Toledo, 17, of Middletown, and a senior at Mercy High School, was ...

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SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) — Nearly a dozen middle and high school students stepped to the stage in hopes of their poetry performance getting them to nationals. Over the past 16 years, many Siouxland ...

Each year, high school students from all over the United States come together to compete in a poetry recitation contest — standing center stage with only a microphone and their memory. From NPR News, ...

Senior Nora Rynkiewicz won the Wyoming Valley West High School Poetry Out Loud contest. Rynkiewicz recited the poem ‘The Statesmen’ by Ambrose Bierce. Second place went to Jeff Sokoloski with his ...

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Poetry Out Loud is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, and ...

Earlier this week, 53 students from around the nation gathered in Washington for the 2010 Poetry Out Loud National Recitation Contest, an annual event that encourages the love of spoken word among ...

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 ...

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Chunsu] Poet reciter and English teacher Kim Sookhee received the grand prize at the ‘Seoul Korean Education Newspaper Association Comprehensive ...

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 ...

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