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Poetry Out Loud  
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Selected Recitations

Poems read by the top three 2008 Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest finalists.

Photo of Shawntay A. Henry reciting

Shawntay A. Henry
Poetry Out Loud National Champion
United States Virgin Islands

Listen to audio sample "January, 1795" by Mary Robinson

     

Photo of Sophia Elena Soberon reciting

 

Sophia Elena Soberon
Second place winner
Oregon

Listen to audio sample "To Autumn" by John Keats

     

Photo of Madison Niermeyer reciting

 

Madison Niermeyer
Third place winner
Utah

Listen to audio sample "The Windhover" by Gerald Manley Hopkins

     

Photos by James Kegley