Rosa, along with a dozen other teens, was at a Youth Summit hosted by local spoken word educational program The Word.

Delaware’s most talented young poetry performers will take center stage this winter as the 2026 Poetry Out Loud State Finals return to the Smyrna Opera House.

The Poetry Out Loud Program “Made me better at analyzing poems. Poetry is more than an art form, it is storytelling. I have been inspired to start writing my own poems,” said Diamond Vang, Trinity ...

High school students from across the region gathered at the Ulrich Museum of Art on Saturday, Feb. 6, to perform memorized poetry in the region three Poetry Out Loud competition. Poetry Out Loud is a ...

The Kentucky Arts Council will host the 2026 Kentucky Poetry Out Loud State Championship on Feb. 12 at 10:30 a.m. at the Farish Theater at the Lexington Public Library. A student from Beechwood High ...

Wahpeton High School students are building confidence and communication skills through Poetry Out Loud. Poetry Out Loud ...

File photo by Don Nelson From left, competitors in the 2025 Poetry Out Loud contest at The Merc Playhouse were Liam Kiefer, Firn Pepper, Aliyah Odion, third-place finisher Elliot Pixie-Plott, ...

Parenting young children can be extremely taxing, but also beautiful – and hilarious. That nuance is at the core of Loryn Brantz's new poetry collection, Poems of Parenting. The illustrated poems are ...

Marathon Center for the Performing Arts will host the Northwest Ohio Poetry Out Loud Regional Semifinal, beginning at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 3. Students from the following schools will be ...

AGAWAM — When Abigail Drumm, a senior at Agawam High School, won the Poetry Out Loud competition recently, she beat 17,400 other students from across Massachusetts who were vying for the title. Drumm, ...

The Springfield Area Arts Council hosts the Poetry Out Loud Central Illinois Regional Contest on Feb. 12, featuring students from area high schools.