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SPRINGFIELD AREA ARTS COUNCIL - STATE POETRY OUT LOUD WINNERS
I throw a book when a poem undoes me. I underline Clifton: today we are possible. I start from image. I begin with Phillis Wheatley. I begin with Phillis Wheatley. I begin with Phillis Wheatley reaching for coal. I start with a napkin, receipt, or my hand. I muscle memory. I stutter the page. I fail. Hit delete — scratch out one more line. I sonnet, then break form. I make tea, use two bags. Rooibos again. YOHANNA ENDASHAW from NILES WEST HIGH SCHOOL in SKOKIE recited these words from Tiana
16 Illinois students are set to participate in state-wide poetry recitation contest
Sixteen students from around Illinois will participate in state-wide poetry recitation contest. Award-winning teenagers from around Illinois are set to compete in Springfield for a slot in the 2023 Poetry Out Loud National Recitation Contest in Washington, D.C., in early May. The state event is free, accessible, and open to the public. It is set to begin at 10:00 A.M. on Monday, March 13, 2023, in the LRS Theatre of the Hoogland Center for the Arts at 420 South Sixth Street in downtown Springfield. The
