At all levels of the contest — local, regional, state, national — the poems students choose to memorize must be selected from the official Poetry Out Loud website, which offers contestants a mix of ...

Although I am often called on to judge poetry contests, I was glad I wasn’t a judge this time; the competition was tough. Poetry Out Loud is different from most competitions because the students ...

I agree whole-heartedly. This student’s insight echoes those of the best poets. Reading, writing and hearing a good poem brings a flash of clarity: human understanding, empathy, first sight, hindsight ...

Lincoln University students will read their original poetry to a public audience Dec. 3 at Missouri River Regional Library in Jefferson City. As part of an undergraduate poetry workshop class taught ...