Meet the 2015 Poetry Out Loud National Champion


By Paulette Beete
a young Mexican woman in a yellow sweater and black dress recites into a microphone
2015 Poetry Out Loud National Champion Maeva Ordaz of Anchorage, Alaska, recites during last night's National Finals. Photo by James Kegley
Did you know that three of the finalists recited John Keats' "Ode on a Grecian Urn" during the finals round of #POL15? Here's Maeva Ordaz's winning recitation of the Keats' classic. Stay tuned for more from Maeva, coming to the blog in mid-May.

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