2007 Minnesota Poetry Out Loud highlights
In 2007, nine metro and six greater Minnesota schools
participated in Poetry Out Loud. Regional contests
were held in Northfield, Marshall, and Bloomington in
late February.
In early March, seven finalists competed for the title
of Minnesota poetry recitation champion in the rotunda
of the State Capitol. Thandisizwe Jackson-Nisan, a sophomore
from north Minneapolis, was named 2007 Minnesota State
Poetry Recitation Champion. She went on to compete in
the national finals in Washington, DC, in May 2007.
2007 Minnesota finalists, and the poems they recited:
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First place
Thandisizwe Jackson-Nisan
North Community High School, Minneapolis
“A Supermarket in California” by Alan Ginsberg
“Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou
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Second place
Anika Kildegaard
Morris Area High School, Morris
“Hysteria” by Dionisio D. Martinez
“Siren Song” by Margaret Atwood
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Third place -
tie
Matthew Cook
Adrian High School, Adrian
“The Man-Moth” by Elizabeth Bishop
“The Heaven of Animals” by James L. Dickey
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Third place - tie
Luke Vanderlinden
Eastview High School, Apple Valley
“Rhapsody” by Frank O’Hara
“Preludes” by T. S. Eliot
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Claire Baker
Northfield School of Arts and Technology, Northfield
“I Go Back to May 1937” by Sharon Olds
“Preludes” by T. S. Eliot
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Andrew Houser
Triton High School, Dodge Center
“Dulce et Decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen
“A Psalm of Life” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Andre Spillman
Brooklyn Center High School, Brooklyn Center
“Ways of Talking” by Ha Jin
“Booker T. and W.E.B.” by Dudley Randall
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