About 365,000 students across the country participated in the national high school poetry recitation competition Poetry Out Loud this year. The 2012 finals were May 15th. I don't have a video of the national winner Kristen Dupard, unfortunately, but I won't leave you without a poem. Ms. Dupard recited Invitation to Love as her final poem of the evening. And here's an interview with her:
"The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference." ~ Elie Wiesel
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Poetry Out Loud 2012
About 365,000 students across the country participated in the national high school poetry recitation competition Poetry Out Loud this year. The 2012 finals were May 15th. I don't have a video of the national winner Kristen Dupard, unfortunately, but I won't leave you without a poem. Ms. Dupard recited Invitation to Love as her final poem of the evening. And here's an interview with her:
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How. Very. Cool. Love the idea that poetry lives on this way!
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