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Nevada state champion Gibran Baydoun of Green Valley High School performs "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" by Dylan Thomas.
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Missouri state champion Aislinn Lowry of Jefferson City High School interprets "The Spider and the Fly" by Mary Howitt.

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Florida state champion Craig B. Williams of Atlantic Technical Center and Magnet High School recites poems including "I Knew a Woman" by Theodore Roethke.
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North Carolina state champion Courtney Temple Ross of Raleigh Charter High School interprets "A Psalm of Life" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
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Mississippi state champion Ryan Breeland of Brookhaven High School performs "Pied Beauty" by Gerard Manley Hopkins.
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Texas state champion Jacqueline C. Pirtle of Spring Woods Senior High School recites "Beautiful Black Men" by Nikki Giovanni.
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Massachusetts state champion Vinh Hua of Boston Latin School performs "Alabanza: In Praise of Local 100" by Martin Espada.
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Kentucky state champion Kendra Holloway of Christian County High School interprets "Ballad of Birmingham" by Dudley Randall.
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Maine state champion Riva Y. Dumont of Erskine Academy recites "Beauty" by Tony Hoagland.
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Pennsylvania state champion Chris Estevez of West Scranton High School interprets "Bilingual/Bilingue" by Rhina P. Espaillat.
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Nebraska state champion Shuqiao Song of Lincoln East High School performs "Fever 103°" by Sylvia Plath.
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Virginia state champion Johnny Coyle of St. Christopher's School recites "Dover Beach" by Matthew Arnold.
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New Mexico state champion Fantasia Lonjose of Santa Fe Indian School interprets "The Powwow at the End of the World" by Sherman Alexie.
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Arizona and Alaska state champions Jordan McAlpin and Napthali Leyland Fields enjoy their moment on the stage.
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Audience members at the Poetry Out Loud National Finals.
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From left to right: Poetry Foundation President John Barr, 2nd Place winner Teal Van Dyck, Poetry Out Loud national champion Jackson Hille of Ohio; 3rd Place Winner Kellie Taulia Anae of Hawaii and NEA Chairman Dana Gioia.
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