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Selected Recitations

Poems read by the top three
2009 Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest finalists.

Photo of William Farley reciting

William Farley
Poetry Out Loud National Champion
Virginia

Listen to audio sample "The Flea" by John Donne | text
     

Photo of Barbara Gooding reciting

  

Barbara Gooding
Second place winner
Kentucky

Listen to audio sample "I Grant Your Ample Leave" by George Eliot | text
     

Photo of Kareem Sayegh reciting

  

Kareem Sayegh
Third place winner
Illinois

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

Photos by James Kegley


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