Photos by Don Nelson From left, competitors in the 2025 Poetry Out Loud contest at The Merc Playhouse last week were Liam ...

For the second year in a row, Danielle Lewis, now a senior, has won the Nantucket High School Poetry Out Loud competition.

Dover High celebrates 19 years of Poetry Out Loud as Jaden Mungdung takes first place and heads to the state finals.

Out of the 157,000 students that participated in Poetry Out Loud nationwide this school year, 55 are now advancing to the 2025 National Finals May 6-7 in Washington, DC, where one will win the ...

Rize Simmons is on a winning streak. The Windsor High School senior and two-time state champion of the Poetry Out Loud competition is focusing on his preparation for Nationals next month, set in ...

Ezekiel Moses, a ninth grader at Bexley High School, won the Ohio Poetry Out Loud competition. Moses advanced to the national competition in Washington, D.C. after winning school, regional and state ...

Lest you think screens have completely taken over teens' minds, note that more than 4 million high school students have been reciting poetry for fun and competition for the past 20 years as part of a ...

Sydney Frost recites Siren Song by Margaret Atwood with ease. With minute hand movements and calculated inflection, her performance of the poem lasts no longer than two minutes, but the room is silent ...

Dallastown Area High School will host its annual Poetry Out Loud recitation competition on December 10, 2025, as part of the national program that encourages students to engage with poetry through ...

To be, or not to be, that is the question,” queried Shakespeare in his play, “Hamlet.” The answer is “Yes.” Both Hayfork and ...

Poetry Out Loud is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, and ...

Poetry Out Loud is a national arts education program that encourages the study of great poetry. Poetry Out Loud is a national arts education program that encourages the study of great poetry by ...