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HAINES -- Mayor Bruce Botelho is reason enough for the capital to stay in Juneau. He should be declared Mayor for Life. I'm half kidding, since I don't know a thing about the man's politics, except ...

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Willa Perry-Spears stands with their honorable mention medal at the 2023 Minnesota Poetry Out Loud state competition Friday at Mankato State University. DULUTH — Willa Perry-Spears hadn't thought much ...

Nagpur: Yogita Tularam Bante achieved a remarkable milestone by securing the First Prize in the State-Level Poetry Recitation ...

The Connecticut Office of the Arts, in partnership with Connecticut Humanities, present the 12th annual Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest, supported by the National Endowment for the Arts ...

High school students from across the state gathered Saturday to recite famous poems for the Poetry Out Loud National Recitation Contest. Held in the Mark O. Hatfield library at Willamette University, ...

Last week, Canada’s unofficial patron of poetry, Scott Griffin, unveiled a new effort to bring more poetry into the minds and everyday lives of Canadians. The founder of the $200,000 Griffin Poetry ...

Each year, high school students from all over the United States come together to compete in a poetry recitation contest — standing center stage with only a microphone and their memory. From NPR News, ...

And I'm Melissa Block. If you're looking for proof that teenagers aren't only interested in texting their friends or finding out who got booted off "American Idol," there is Poetry Out Loud. It's a ...