PORTLAND, Ore. ( KOIN) — A junior from Grant High School in Portland is Oregon’s 2025 Poetry Out Loud champion. Bena Rodecap received the top score at Saturday’s contest, organized by the Oregon Arts ...

Grant HS junior wins Oregon’s ‘Poetry Out Loud’ ...

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Revered Black queer poet and activist Essex Hemphill’s literary works have finally returned to print in a newly released ...

Anyone misguided enough to think that poetry is just for the effete and the elite ought to take a look at this collection by ...

Their poems are part of world history and culture. Poets should and must document the destruction and horrors of war. But can poetry ameliorate a war or hasten a peaceful resolution? Perhaps ...

"There is no one who can parent for you, schools can only teach subjects that children pass or fail," he said. He pointed out that parents allow their children to dress inappropriately, sport ...

ANACORTES — In the midst of war and a tumultuous geopolitical climate, the Anacortes-based Sunflower F.U.N.D. will return to Ukraine with letters, poems and artwork from students at Island View ...

Maxim Naumov delivered a deeply emotional tribute at the Legacy on Ice charity event in Washington, D.C., honoring his parents, who tragically lost their lives in the Jan. 29 American Airlines and ...

Many of the kids from 4 to 18 years old chose to talk about positive speakers in their poems or speeches. “Kids really touch people regardless of your walk of life. Kids are the innocent ones ...

Honestly? Good. u/kokosowe_emu / Via reddit.com 47.Washington — There are more dogs than children in Seattle, WA. 48.West Virginia — There are several places in West Virginia named after ...