WEBVTT 00:00.700 --> 00:01.501 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% - Hello, everyone. 00:01.501 --> 00:02.635 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% My name is David Toland 00:02.635 --> 00:04.070 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% and I'm honored to serve 00:04.070 --> 00:05.972 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75% as Governor Laura Kelly's Lieutenant Governor 00:05.972 --> 00:08.008 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% for the state of Kansas. 00:08.008 --> 00:09.476 align:left position:25% line:5% size:65% The program you're about to watch 00:09.476 --> 00:11.878 align:left position:17.5% line:5% size:72.5% features the bright young stars of our state performing 00:11.878 --> 00:15.749 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% at this year's Poetry Out Loud state finals in Topeka. 00:15.749 --> 00:17.617 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% We're excited to share these poetry readings 00:17.617 --> 00:21.454 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% with all of you, the people of Kansas, and we're pleased 00:21.454 --> 00:23.857 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% that the Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission is here 00:23.857 --> 00:26.226 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% to partner with Poetry Out Loud 00:26.226 --> 00:28.395 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% and to support a wide variety of arts 00:28.395 --> 00:30.296 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% and cultural development programs 00:30.296 --> 00:32.899 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% in communities across Kansas. 00:32.899 --> 00:35.635 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% The arts enrich our communities in so many ways. 00:35.635 --> 00:37.270 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% They help us tell our story, 00:37.270 --> 00:41.107 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% who we are, where we've been, and who we want to be. 00:41.107 --> 00:43.209 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% To get the program started, it's now my pleasure 00:43.209 --> 00:46.913 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% to turn it over to Kansas' Poet Laureate Huascar Medina. 00:46.913 --> 00:49.249 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% We hope you enjoy Poetry Out Loud. 00:52.485 --> 00:55.021 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% (upbeat music) 00:59.025 --> 01:04.397 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% Ben and Judy Coates proudly support KTWU and arts education. 01:05.331 --> 01:08.001 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% (electronic music) 01:28.154 --> 01:29.622 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% - Welcome to the 2022 01:29.622 --> 01:32.792 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% Kansas Poetry Out Loud recitation contest. 01:32.792 --> 01:34.994 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% I'm your host, Huascar Medina, 01:34.994 --> 01:37.530 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75% the current Poet Laureate of the state of Kansas. 01:37.530 --> 01:39.399 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% And I am so grateful that we are able 01:39.399 --> 01:41.501 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% to gather in the name of poetry. 01:41.501 --> 01:43.103 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% Speaking of gratitude, 01:43.103 --> 01:45.672 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% I wanna take this moment and thank our sponsors, 01:45.672 --> 01:48.241 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% the Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission, 01:48.241 --> 01:50.110 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% the Poetry Foundation, 01:50.110 --> 01:53.446 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% and the National Endowment for the Arts. 01:53.446 --> 01:56.149 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% Without them, none of this would be possible. 01:56.149 --> 01:59.252 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% Poetry Out Loud is a national arts education program 01:59.252 --> 02:01.454 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% that encourages the nation's youth 02:01.454 --> 02:03.590 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% to learn about great poetry 02:03.590 --> 02:06.025 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% through memorization and performance. 02:06.025 --> 02:09.929 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Reciting great poetry connects us to an ageless art form, 02:09.929 --> 02:12.098 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% to the timelessness of great poets, 02:12.098 --> 02:15.802 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% to abstract ideas and higher critical thinking, 02:15.802 --> 02:19.439 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% and ultimately, to deeper life experiences. 02:19.439 --> 02:23.009 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% Here to explain how the event unfolded 02:23.009 --> 02:25.778 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% across the state this year is Peter Jasso, 02:25.778 --> 02:28.982 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% director of the Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission 02:28.982 --> 02:33.353 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% and state Poetry Out Loud coordinator, Cheryl Germann. 02:33.353 --> 02:34.621 align:left position:25% line:5% size:65% - Thanks, Huascar. 02:34.621 --> 02:36.756 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% In 2006, the National Endowment for the Arts, 02:36.756 --> 02:38.958 align:left position:30% line:5% size:60% and the Poetry Foundation partnered 02:38.958 --> 02:41.060 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% with state arts agencies across the country 02:41.060 --> 02:43.663 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% to inaugurate Poetry Out Loud, 02:43.663 --> 02:45.265 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% a national recitation contest. 02:45.265 --> 02:47.400 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% The Creative Arts Industries Commission is proud 02:47.400 --> 02:49.202 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% to provide the Poetry Out Loud program 02:49.202 --> 02:50.403 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% to high school students statewide, 02:50.403 --> 02:54.107 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% and is excited to partner with KTWU for the first time 02:54.107 --> 02:57.544 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% to bring poetry into the living rooms across Kansas 02:57.544 --> 02:59.546 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and celebrate the hard work and long road 02:59.546 --> 03:02.549 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% that these students took to get here today. 03:02.549 --> 03:05.084 align:left position:17.5% line:5% size:72.5% - Poetry Out Loud begins with teachers and students 03:05.084 --> 03:07.453 align:left position:25% line:5% size:65% in classrooms and schools across the state. 03:07.453 --> 03:10.056 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% Each school is able to send one representative 03:10.056 --> 03:12.592 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% to their area's regional competition. 03:12.592 --> 03:14.294 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% The number of competitors at each 03:14.294 --> 03:15.662 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% of the four regional competitions 03:15.662 --> 03:19.165 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% determines how many advanced to today's state finals. 03:19.165 --> 03:21.167 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% And today, one Kansas student 03:21.167 --> 03:23.937 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% will become the Kansas Poetry Out Loud champion 03:23.937 --> 03:26.306 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% and advance to the national finals. 03:26.306 --> 03:28.474 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% Thank you to Kansas regional coordinators, 03:28.474 --> 03:31.377 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Stacy Chestnut, Cynthia Roth, Kayla Pruitt, 03:31.377 --> 03:34.881 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% and Cody Fenwick for your work in bringing this program 03:34.881 --> 03:36.950 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% to all parts of the state. 03:36.950 --> 03:40.053 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - It is now my pleasure to introduce our panel 03:40.053 --> 03:41.955 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% of distinguished judges. 03:41.955 --> 03:45.325 align:left position:25% line:5% size:65% Megan Kaminiski is a poet and essayist 03:45.325 --> 03:47.427 align:left position:27.5% line:5% size:62.5% and the author of three books of poetry, 03:47.427 --> 03:50.396 align:left position:30% line:5% size:60% "Gentlewomen," Noemi press, 2020, 03:50.396 --> 03:53.066 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% "Deep City," and "Desiring Map." 03:53.066 --> 03:56.102 align:left position:17.5% line:5% size:72.5% "Prairie Divination," her forthcoming collection of essays 03:56.102 --> 03:59.205 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% and oracle deck with artist L. Ann Wheeler, 03:59.205 --> 04:02.175 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5% turns to the plants, animals and geological features 04:02.175 --> 04:04.544 align:left position:25% line:5% size:65% of the prairie as guides for living 04:04.544 --> 04:06.179 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5% in good relation each other, 04:06.179 --> 04:09.349 align:left position:25% line:5% size:65% and to realigning thinking towards kinship, 04:09.349 --> 04:12.085 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% community and interdependence. 04:12.085 --> 04:14.254 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% She is an Associate Professor in English 04:14.254 --> 04:15.989 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% at the University of Kansas 04:15.989 --> 04:18.758 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% and leads poetry and nature walks at nonprofits 04:18.758 --> 04:22.262 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% throughout the state through Humanities Kansas. 04:22.262 --> 04:26.633 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5% A seventh generation Kansan, Erik McHenry teaches English 04:26.633 --> 04:29.369 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% at Washburn University and was the Poet Laureate 04:29.369 --> 04:33.072 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5% of Kansas from 2015 to 2017. 04:33.072 --> 04:36.743 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75% His books of poetry include "Potscrubber Lullabies," 04:36.743 --> 04:39.946 align:left position:25% line:5% size:65% which won the Kate Tufts Discovery Award, 04:39.946 --> 04:42.515 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5% and "Odd Evening," a finalist for the Poet's Prize. 04:42.515 --> 04:45.251 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% His poems have appeared in Threepenny Review, 04:45.251 --> 04:47.553 align:left position:25% line:5% size:65% the New Republic, the Yale Review, 04:47.553 --> 04:51.424 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5% the Times Literary Supplement and Poetry Northwest, 04:51.424 --> 04:55.461 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% from whom he received a Theodore Roethke prize. 04:55.461 --> 04:58.331 align:left position:22.5% line:77% size:67.5% He also writes essays and criticism for the New York Times, 04:58.331 --> 05:00.867 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% the American Scholar, the Boston Globe, 05:00.867 --> 05:03.069 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% and other publications. 05:03.069 --> 05:06.706 align:left position:25% line:5% size:65% Ronda Miller is a life coach, poet, 05:06.706 --> 05:08.107 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75% and former state president 05:08.107 --> 05:12.145 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% of Kansas Authors Club, 2018 through 2019. 05:12.145 --> 05:15.415 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% Miller's five books of poetry include "Going Home," 05:15.415 --> 05:17.116 align:left position:30% line:5% size:60% "Poems from My Life," "MoonStain," 05:17.116 --> 05:22.822 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% "WaterSigns," "Winds of Time," and "I Love the Child." 05:22.822 --> 05:24.724 align:left position:25% line:5% size:65% Miller teaches the importance of voice, 05:24.724 --> 05:27.960 align:left position:27.5% line:5% size:62.5% no matter how you dance, in partnership 05:27.960 --> 05:30.797 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% with the Johnson County Library, College of Trades, 05:30.797 --> 05:33.900 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% and Johnson County Department of Corrections. 05:33.900 --> 05:37.704 align:left position:25% line:5% size:65% Mercedes Lucero, the author of "Stereometry," 05:37.704 --> 05:40.640 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75% the winner of the Langston Hughes Creative Writing Award 05:40.640 --> 05:42.241 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75% for poetry and a finalist 05:42.241 --> 05:45.712 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% for the Sandy Crimmins National Prize for Poetry. 05:45.712 --> 05:48.414 align:left position:27.5% line:5% size:62.5% Her work has been featured on the project 05:48.414 --> 05:50.950 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% on the history of black writing 05:50.950 --> 05:54.620 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5% and published in places like CutBank, New Orleans Review, 05:54.620 --> 05:57.790 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% New Ohio Review, Puerto del Sol, 05:57.790 --> 06:00.560 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% 14 Hills, Paper Darts, 06:00.560 --> 06:03.996 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% the Chicago Tribune's Printers World Journal, 06:03.996 --> 06:08.167 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75% The Pinch and Heavy Feather Review, among others. 06:08.167 --> 06:11.137 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Her poem, "Holy Celluloid Poetic," 06:11.137 --> 06:13.606 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% most recently received first runner-up 06:13.606 --> 06:18.544 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% in the New Letters Patricia Cleary Miller Award for Poetry. 06:18.544 --> 06:21.047 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% Here's how the contest works. 06:21.047 --> 06:23.182 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% Students have each selected three poems 06:23.182 --> 06:25.818 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% from the "Poetry Out Loud Anthology." 06:25.818 --> 06:28.321 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Within their selections, they must include a poem 06:28.321 --> 06:30.723 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% that was written before the 20th century 06:30.723 --> 06:33.426 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% and a poem that is 25 lines or fewer. 06:33.426 --> 06:35.928 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% In each round, students will be called 06:35.928 --> 06:37.997 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% in a randomly-determined order 06:37.997 --> 06:41.834 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% to recite one of the three poems he or she has prepared. 06:41.834 --> 06:45.538 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Before each recitation, the student should identify 06:45.538 --> 06:49.542 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% the title of the poem and the author only. 06:49.542 --> 06:52.044 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% After the student finishes, the judges, 06:52.044 --> 06:54.547 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% without conferring, will take a moment 06:54.547 --> 06:58.451 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% to individually mark their evaluation sheets. 06:58.451 --> 07:00.620 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% The evaluation sheets will be collected 07:00.620 --> 07:02.655 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% and quickly verified. 07:02.655 --> 07:04.524 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% The next student will then be called 07:04.524 --> 07:07.393 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% onto the stage to recite their poem. 07:07.393 --> 07:10.897 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% During each round of the contest, 07:10.897 --> 07:14.834 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% the judges will assess each recitation on these criteria: 07:14.834 --> 07:17.737 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% physical presence and posture, 07:17.737 --> 07:20.573 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% voice projection and articulation, 07:20.573 --> 07:23.142 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% appropriateness of dramatization, 07:23.142 --> 07:27.447 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% evidence of understanding, and overall performance. 07:27.447 --> 07:28.881 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% Following the second round, 07:28.881 --> 07:31.517 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% the three students receiving the highest total score 07:31.517 --> 07:34.187 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% in the first two rounds will be the finalists 07:34.187 --> 07:37.156 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% competing in round three. 07:37.156 --> 07:38.925 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% After round three presentations, 07:38.925 --> 07:41.060 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% final scores will be tabulated. 07:41.060 --> 07:43.463 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% The student with the highest total score 07:43.463 --> 07:46.065 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% following round three will win 07:46.065 --> 07:50.903 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% the Kansas Poetry Out Loud competition. 07:50.903 --> 07:52.872 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% Let's get started. 07:52.872 --> 07:58.344 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% Introducing our first contestant, Jaden Huehl. 07:58.344 --> 08:02.548 align:left position:25% line:5% size:65% - "Broken Promises" by David Kirby. 08:02.548 --> 08:07.887 align:left position:17.5% line:5% size:72.5% "I have met them in dark alleys, limping and one-armed. 08:07.887 --> 08:11.357 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5% I've seen them playing cards under a single light bulb 08:11.357 --> 08:15.361 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75% and tried to join in, but they refuse me rudely, 08:15.361 --> 08:17.763 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% knowing I would only let them win. 08:17.763 --> 08:20.600 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% I've seen them in the foyers of theaters 08:20.600 --> 08:23.202 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% coming back late from the interval, 08:23.202 --> 08:25.238 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% long after the others have taken their seats, 08:25.238 --> 08:27.974 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and in deserted shopping malls late at night, 08:27.974 --> 08:31.043 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% peering at things they can never buy. 08:31.043 --> 08:33.846 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% And I have found them wandering in a wood 08:33.846 --> 08:36.883 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% where I too have wandered. 08:36.883 --> 08:39.185 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% This morning, I caught one. 08:39.185 --> 08:43.289 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Small and stupid, too slow to get away. 08:43.289 --> 08:45.992 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% It was only a promise I had made 08:45.992 --> 08:48.694 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% to myself once and then forgot, 08:48.694 --> 08:52.798 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% but it screamed and kicked at me and ran to join the others 08:52.798 --> 08:58.037 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% who looked at me with reproach in their long, sad faces. 08:58.037 --> 09:01.407 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% When I drew near them, they scurried away. 09:01.407 --> 09:04.844 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Even though they will sleep in my yard tonight, 09:04.844 --> 09:07.146 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% I hate them for them for their ingratitude. 09:07.146 --> 09:10.016 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% I, who have kept countless promises 09:10.016 --> 09:12.852 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% as dead now as Shakespeare's children. 09:12.852 --> 09:15.054 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% You bastards, I scream. 09:15.054 --> 09:16.956 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% You have to love me. 09:16.956 --> 09:20.693 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% I gave you life." 09:20.693 --> 09:24.564 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% (audience applauds) 09:24.964 --> 09:28.301 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% - Our second contestant is Madeline Fritz. 09:29.735 --> 09:34.473 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75% - "Advice From Rock Creek Park" by Stephanie Burt. 09:35.207 --> 09:37.543 align:left position:25% line:5% size:65% (breathes deeply) 09:38.578 --> 09:41.213 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% "What will survive us 09:41.213 --> 09:44.317 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% has already begun. 09:44.317 --> 09:46.686 align:left position:35% line:5% size:55% Oak galls, 09:46.686 --> 09:48.321 align:left position:32.5% line:5% size:57.5% two termites, 09:48.321 --> 09:51.257 align:left position:40% line:5% size:50% curious, self-perpetuating bodies 09:51.257 --> 09:53.859 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% letting the light through the gaps. 09:54.827 --> 09:57.563 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% They lay out their allegiances 09:57.563 --> 10:00.633 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% under the roots of an overturned tree. 10:02.301 --> 10:05.071 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% Almost always better 10:05.071 --> 10:08.741 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% to build than to wreck. 10:10.476 --> 10:13.446 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% You can build in a wreck 10:13.446 --> 10:16.282 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% under the roots of an overturned tree. 10:17.583 --> 10:19.585 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% Consider the martin 10:19.585 --> 10:24.390 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% that hefts herself over traffic cones. 10:24.390 --> 10:26.359 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% Consider her shadow, 10:26.359 --> 10:29.895 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% misaligned over parking lot cement, 10:29.895 --> 10:33.566 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% Saran wrap scrap in her beak. 10:35.401 --> 10:39.205 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% Nothing lasts forever. 10:40.506 --> 10:43.509 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% Not even the future we want. 10:45.344 --> 10:49.915 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% The president has never owned the rain." 10:51.550 --> 10:54.620 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% (audience applauds) 10:57.189 --> 11:01.127 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% - Our next contestant is Nova Hagerman. 11:01.127 --> 11:03.796 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% - "April Midnight" by Arthur Symons. 11:05.431 --> 11:08.701 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% "Side by side, through the streets at midnight, 11:08.701 --> 11:12.838 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5% roaming together through the tumultuous night of London 11:12.838 --> 11:15.107 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% and the miraculous April weather, 11:16.575 --> 11:21.013 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75% roaming together under the gaslight, days work over. 11:22.148 --> 11:25.151 align:left position:25% line:5% size:65% How the spring calls to us here in the city, 11:25.151 --> 11:27.853 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% calls to the heart from the heart of a lover. 11:29.055 --> 11:33.025 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% Cool, the wind blows fresh in our faces, 11:33.025 --> 11:36.262 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% cleansing, entrancing, 11:36.262 --> 11:38.230 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% after the heat and the fumes 11:38.230 --> 11:41.567 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% and the footlights where you dance 11:41.567 --> 11:43.302 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% and I watch you dancing. 11:44.570 --> 11:46.772 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% Good it is to be here together. 11:46.772 --> 11:48.507 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% Good to be roaming. 11:48.507 --> 11:51.977 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Even in London, even at midnight. 11:51.977 --> 11:54.480 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Lover-like in a lover's gloaming. 11:55.948 --> 12:00.419 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% You, the dancer and I, the dreamer, children together, 12:00.419 --> 12:03.489 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% wandering lost in the night of London 12:03.489 --> 12:06.025 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% in the miraculous April weather." 12:07.293 --> 12:10.396 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% (audience applauds) 12:11.797 --> 12:15.201 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% - Our next contestant is John Gilmore. 12:17.036 --> 12:19.505 align:left position:27.5% line:5% size:62.5% - "The Charge of the Light Brigade" 12:19.505 --> 12:21.807 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75% by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. 12:23.142 --> 12:27.913 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% "Half a league, half a league, half a league onward, 12:27.913 --> 12:31.217 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% all in the valley of death rode the six hundred. 12:32.251 --> 12:33.919 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75% 'Forward the Light Brigade! 12:33.919 --> 12:36.789 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% 'Charge for the guns!' he said. 12:36.789 --> 12:40.359 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% Into the valley of death rode the six hundred. 12:40.359 --> 12:43.295 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% 'Forward the light brigade!' 12:43.295 --> 12:45.731 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% Was there a man dismayed? 12:45.731 --> 12:50.136 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Not though the soldier knew someone had blundered. 12:50.136 --> 12:52.438 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% Theirs not to make reply, 12:52.438 --> 12:55.608 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% theirs not to reason why, 12:55.608 --> 12:58.978 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% theirs but to do and die. 12:58.978 --> 13:03.182 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Into the valley of death rode the six hundred. 13:04.416 --> 13:07.086 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Cannon to right of them, cannon to left of them, 13:07.086 --> 13:10.055 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% cannon in front of them volleyed and thundered, 13:10.055 --> 13:12.258 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% stormed at with shot and shell, 13:12.258 --> 13:15.161 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% boldly, they rode and well 13:16.095 --> 13:17.530 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% into the jaws of death, 13:17.530 --> 13:22.368 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% into the mouth of hell rode the six hundred. 13:22.368 --> 13:24.270 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% Flashed all their sabers bare, 13:24.270 --> 13:26.472 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% flashed as they turned in air, 13:26.472 --> 13:28.941 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% sabering the gunners there. 13:28.941 --> 13:30.509 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% Charging an army, 13:31.544 --> 13:33.612 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% while all the world wondered. 13:34.647 --> 13:36.282 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% Plunged in the battery-smoke, 13:36.282 --> 13:38.150 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% right through the line they broke, 13:38.150 --> 13:42.321 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% Cossack and Russian reeled from saber stroke, 13:42.321 --> 13:44.890 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% shattered and sundered. 13:45.958 --> 13:48.093 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% Then they rode back, 13:49.195 --> 13:51.096 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% but not, 13:51.096 --> 13:52.765 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% not the six hundred. 13:53.966 --> 13:57.269 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Cannon to right of them, cannon to left of them, 13:57.269 --> 14:00.673 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% cannon behind them volleyed and thundered, 14:00.673 --> 14:03.709 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% stormed at with shots and shell 14:03.709 --> 14:07.213 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% while horse and hero fell. 14:07.213 --> 14:10.549 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% They that had fought so well 14:10.549 --> 14:15.187 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% came through the jaws of death, back from the mouth of hell. 14:16.555 --> 14:20.726 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% All that was left of them, left of six hundred. 14:21.927 --> 14:24.029 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% When can their glory fade? 14:25.030 --> 14:27.466 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% O the wild charge they made! 14:28.500 --> 14:29.835 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% All the world wondered. 14:31.437 --> 14:33.939 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% Honor the charge they made! 14:34.874 --> 14:37.443 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% Honor the Light Brigade! 14:37.443 --> 14:40.079 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% Noble six hundred!" 14:41.347 --> 14:44.717 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% (audience applauds) 14:44.717 --> 14:47.386 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% - Our next contestant is Allie Cloyd. 14:50.122 --> 14:53.259 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% - "Say This" by Lucia Perillo. 14:55.794 --> 14:58.564 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% "I live a small life, 14:58.564 --> 15:01.767 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75% barely bigger than a speck, 15:01.767 --> 15:06.071 align:left position:27.5% line:5% size:62.5% barely more than a blip on the radar sweep 15:06.071 --> 15:08.807 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% though it is not nothing. 15:08.807 --> 15:12.378 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% As the garter snake climbs the rock rose shrub 15:12.378 --> 15:16.148 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and the squirrel creeps on bramble thorns. 15:16.148 --> 15:18.784 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% Not nothing to the crows who heckle 15:18.784 --> 15:21.787 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% from the crowns of the last light's trees, 15:21.787 --> 15:23.889 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% winter stripped of green 15:23.889 --> 15:27.593 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% except for the boughs that ivy wins each hour 'round. 15:28.761 --> 15:32.831 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% See, the world is busy and the world is quick, 15:32.831 --> 15:35.868 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% barely time for a spider 15:35.868 --> 15:38.837 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% to suck the juice from a hawk moth's head 15:38.837 --> 15:43.842 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% so it can use the moth as a spindle that it wraps in fiber. 15:44.710 --> 15:46.478 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% While the moth constricts, 15:46.478 --> 15:50.783 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% until it's thin as a stick you might think was nothing, 15:51.650 --> 15:54.320 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% a random bit caught in a web 15:54.320 --> 15:57.456 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% coming loose from the window frame in wind." 15:59.425 --> 16:02.795 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% (audience applauds) 16:02.795 --> 16:04.863 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% (upbeat music) 16:04.863 --> 16:06.665 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% - [Huascar] While we prepare for round two, 16:06.665 --> 16:09.268 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% let's take a moment to meet some of our contestants. 16:11.503 --> 16:12.838 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% - I'm Allie Cloyd. 16:12.838 --> 16:16.375 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% I am a sophomore at Manhattan High School. 16:16.375 --> 16:18.677 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% This is my first time in Poetry Out Loud. 16:18.677 --> 16:20.346 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% It's been fun so far. 16:20.346 --> 16:23.048 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% It's very new, but it's been a good experience. 16:24.450 --> 16:26.518 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% - My name is Nova Hagerman. 16:26.518 --> 16:28.954 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% I'm a Junior at Wichita East High School, 16:28.954 --> 16:30.823 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% and I'm from Wichita, Kansas. 16:31.690 --> 16:33.492 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75% It's been very welcoming. 16:34.760 --> 16:37.963 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% Everybody who's working for Poetry Out Loud 16:37.963 --> 16:39.798 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% has been very passionate about it. 16:39.798 --> 16:41.300 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% I can see it in their eyes. 16:42.601 --> 16:44.970 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% I'm just really excited to perform today. 16:45.971 --> 16:48.640 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% (upbeat music) 16:54.847 --> 16:58.917 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% - So my first poem is "Say This" by Lucia Perillo. 16:58.917 --> 17:00.419 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% And then the next one is 17:00.419 --> 17:03.422 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% "Emily Dickinson at the Poetry Slam" by Dan Vera. 17:03.422 --> 17:06.325 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% And I really enjoy both of those poems, 17:06.325 --> 17:08.894 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% especially "Emily Dickinson at the Poetry Slam." 17:08.894 --> 17:11.130 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% They're fun to recite and perform, 17:11.130 --> 17:14.233 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% and it's just a new sort of fun challenge. 17:15.734 --> 17:18.203 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - For my first poem, I chose "April Midnight" 17:18.203 --> 17:21.874 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% by Arthur Symons because it was very romantic and dreamy, 17:21.874 --> 17:24.309 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% and I lean towards poetry like that. 17:25.778 --> 17:29.081 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% The second poem was "From Blossoms" by Li-Young Lee 17:29.081 --> 17:32.918 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% and I was just clicking the random button on the website 17:32.918 --> 17:36.255 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% and that one popped up and I immediately fell in love. 17:36.255 --> 17:37.923 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% I love that poem. 17:37.923 --> 17:42.661 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% And the last one, I had two weeks to choose and memorize. 17:42.661 --> 17:45.130 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I chose "In" by Andrew Hudgins. 17:46.432 --> 17:50.235 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% There was a line in that poem talking about voice 17:50.235 --> 17:51.837 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and it just really spoke to me, 17:51.837 --> 17:54.740 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and I felt like I was called to do it for today. 17:55.974 --> 17:58.644 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% (upbeat music) 18:03.015 --> 18:07.319 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% - I've always enjoyed poetry and spoken word, 18:07.319 --> 18:11.757 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75% and I enjoy it as part of like my forensics pieces, 18:11.757 --> 18:13.258 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and it's always especially poems 18:13.258 --> 18:17.096 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% with like a deeper meaning have always been fun for me. 18:19.031 --> 18:20.833 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% - When I was younger, I always thought 18:20.833 --> 18:24.436 align:left position:27.5% line:5% size:62.5% that I wanted to write longer stories, 18:25.637 --> 18:28.307 align:left position:25% line:5% size:65% but sophomore year, we did a poetry unit 18:28.307 --> 18:30.309 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% in my creative writing class, 18:30.309 --> 18:35.314 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% and I just loved how just small little phrases, 18:36.515 --> 18:38.650 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% just with pretty words, just matched up together 18:38.650 --> 18:40.385 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% and made this huge image, 18:40.385 --> 18:45.157 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% this idea, and just called to me more. 18:45.157 --> 18:47.826 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% (upbeat music) 18:52.698 --> 18:55.267 align:left position:30% line:77% size:60% - Yeah, I think there's something for everyone in poetry. 18:55.267 --> 18:58.904 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% Poetry can describe a lot of emotions 18:58.904 --> 19:00.372 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% or how you're feeling 19:00.372 --> 19:04.810 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% or a lot of maybe change that you want to have made. 19:05.677 --> 19:07.312 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% There's just a lot of options 19:07.312 --> 19:08.647 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and different styles of poetry, 19:08.647 --> 19:10.849 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% and there really is something for everyone. 19:12.417 --> 19:17.422 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% - (sighs) I feel like people do not take poetry seriously, 19:18.157 --> 19:19.424 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% when they really should, 19:19.424 --> 19:21.026 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% because it's an amazing way to express yourself. 19:21.026 --> 19:23.428 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% It's beautiful. It's passionate. 19:23.428 --> 19:27.833 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% And if you have any inkling that's telling you, 19:27.833 --> 19:31.703 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% that it calls out to you or you want to be poetic, do it. 19:31.703 --> 19:33.872 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% I feel like so many people are afraid to do it, 19:33.872 --> 19:36.041 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% and you just gotta be the person who isn't. 19:37.643 --> 19:40.312 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% (upbeat music) 19:45.918 --> 19:49.888 align:left position:17.5% line:5% size:72.5% - We will now begin the recitations for round two. 19:51.023 --> 19:53.492 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% Our first contestant is Jaden Huehl. 19:55.227 --> 19:59.765 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5% - "The Spirit is Too Blunt an Instrument" by Anne Stevenson. 20:01.533 --> 20:04.069 align:left position:25% line:5% size:65% "The spirit is too blunt an instrument 20:04.069 --> 20:06.471 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% to have made this baby. 20:06.471 --> 20:09.174 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% Nothing so unskillful as human passions 20:09.174 --> 20:13.111 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% could have managed the intricate, exacting particulars, 20:13.111 --> 20:17.182 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% the tiny blind bones with their manipulating tendons, 20:17.182 --> 20:18.984 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% the knee and the knuckle bones, 20:18.984 --> 20:22.888 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% the resilient, fine meshing of ganglia and vertebrae, 20:22.888 --> 20:26.091 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% the chain of the difficult spine. 20:26.091 --> 20:28.293 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% Observe the distinct eyelashes 20:28.293 --> 20:30.495 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and sharp crescent fingernails, 20:30.495 --> 20:32.764 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% the shell-like complexity of the ear 20:32.764 --> 20:35.267 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% with its firm involutions concentric 20:35.267 --> 20:38.403 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% in miniature to minute ossicles . 20:38.403 --> 20:41.006 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% Imagine the infinitesimal capillaries, 20:41.006 --> 20:43.976 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% the flawless connections of the lungs, 20:43.976 --> 20:45.744 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% the invisible neurofilaments 20:45.744 --> 20:47.312 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% through which the completed body 20:47.312 --> 20:49.281 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% already answers to the brain. 20:50.482 --> 20:53.952 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% The name any passion or sentiment possessed 20:53.952 --> 20:56.188 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% of the simplest accuracy. 20:56.188 --> 21:00.692 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% No, no desire or affection could have done with practice 21:00.692 --> 21:04.196 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% what habit has done perfectly, 21:04.196 --> 21:08.300 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% indifferently through the body's ignorant precision. 21:08.300 --> 21:12.904 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% It is left to the vagaries of the mind to invent love 21:14.339 --> 21:17.509 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% and despair and anxiety 21:17.509 --> 21:19.111 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% and their pain." 21:21.847 --> 21:24.916 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% (audience applauds) 21:26.051 --> 21:29.454 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% - Our next contestant is Madeline Fritz. 21:30.856 --> 21:34.026 align:left position:17.5% line:5% size:72.5% - "Hope is the Thing with Feathers" by Emily Dickinson. 21:35.427 --> 21:38.130 align:left position:25% line:5% size:65% (breathes deeply) 21:38.130 --> 21:41.867 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% "Hope is the thing with feathers 21:41.867 --> 21:45.003 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% that perches in the soul 21:45.003 --> 21:49.374 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% and sings the tune without the words 21:49.374 --> 21:51.977 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% and never stops at all, 21:51.977 --> 21:54.780 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% and sweetest in the gale is heard, 21:56.181 --> 22:00.285 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% and sore must be the storm 22:00.285 --> 22:02.888 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% that could abash the little bird 22:02.888 --> 22:05.157 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% that kept so many warm. 22:06.692 --> 22:10.429 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% I've heard it in the chillest land 22:10.429 --> 22:13.498 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% and on the strangest sea, 22:14.466 --> 22:18.704 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% yet never in extremity 22:18.704 --> 22:22.574 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% it asked a crumb of me." 22:24.910 --> 22:28.013 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% (audience applauds) 22:29.748 --> 22:33.418 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% - Our next contestant is Nova Hagerman. 22:33.418 --> 22:36.321 align:left position:25% line:5% size:65% - "From Blossoms" by Li-Young Lee 22:38.156 --> 22:41.727 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% "From blossoms comes this brown paper bag 22:41.727 --> 22:43.462 align:left position:32.5% line:5% size:57.5% of peaches we bought from the boy 22:43.462 --> 22:45.464 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% at the bend in the road 22:45.464 --> 22:48.767 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% where we turn towards signs painted 'Peaches.' 22:49.801 --> 22:53.505 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% From laden boughs, from hands, 22:53.505 --> 22:55.674 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% from sweet fellowship in the bins 22:55.674 --> 22:58.176 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% comes nectar at the roadside. 22:58.176 --> 23:02.047 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% Succulent peaches we devour, dusty skin and all, 23:02.047 --> 23:05.117 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% comes a familiar dust of summer. 23:05.117 --> 23:06.551 align:left position:32.5% line:89% size:57.5% Dust we eat. 23:07.619 --> 23:10.355 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% Oh, to take what we love inside 23:10.355 --> 23:12.724 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% to carry within us an orchard. 23:12.724 --> 23:16.161 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% To eat not only the skin, but the shade. 23:16.161 --> 23:18.397 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% Not only the sugar, but the days 23:18.397 --> 23:23.068 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% to hold the fruit in our hands, adore it, 23:23.068 --> 23:26.471 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% then bite into the round jubilance of peach. 23:27.839 --> 23:31.076 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% There are days we live, as of death 23:31.076 --> 23:33.745 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% were nowhere in the background. 23:33.745 --> 23:37.849 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% From joy to joy to joy from wing to wing, 23:37.849 --> 23:42.120 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% from blossom to blossom to impossible blossom, 23:42.120 --> 23:45.457 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% to sweet, impossible blossom." 23:46.658 --> 23:49.928 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% (audience applauds) 23:49.928 --> 23:53.165 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% - Our next contestant is John Gilmore. 23:55.000 --> 23:59.004 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% - "Invisible Children" by Mariana Llanos. 24:00.839 --> 24:05.243 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% "Invisible children fall through the cracks of the system, 24:05.243 --> 24:07.779 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% like Alice and the rabbit hole. 24:07.779 --> 24:10.949 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% But these children won't find an eat me cake 24:10.949 --> 24:12.751 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% or a drink me bottle. 24:12.751 --> 24:17.255 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% They won't wake up on the lap of a loving sister. 24:17.255 --> 24:22.260 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% They'll open their eyes on the monster called negligence, 24:23.428 --> 24:24.996 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% who will poke them with its sharp teeth 24:24.996 --> 24:28.033 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and bait them with its heartless laughter, 24:28.033 --> 24:31.036 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% like a wild thing in a wild rumpus. 24:32.471 --> 24:36.341 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% But the children won't awake to the smell of a warm supper, 24:36.341 --> 24:38.410 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% nor will they find a purple crown 24:38.410 --> 24:41.680 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% to draw an escape door or a window. 24:41.680 --> 24:42.514 align:left position:45% line:89% size:45% But 24:43.648 --> 24:45.784 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% instead, they'll make a mirror 24:45.784 --> 24:49.087 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% of a murky puddle on the city street 24:49.087 --> 24:51.923 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% which won't tell them they're beautiful, 24:51.923 --> 24:53.859 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% but it'll show their scars, 24:55.026 --> 24:58.597 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% as invisible to others as these children are." 24:59.831 --> 25:03.001 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% (audience applauds) 25:04.102 --> 25:06.972 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% - Our next contestant is Allie Cloyd. 25:08.473 --> 25:12.677 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75% - "Emily Dickinson at the Poetry Slam" by Dan Vera. 25:14.913 --> 25:18.717 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% "I will tell you why she rarely ventured from her house. 25:18.717 --> 25:21.453 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% It happened like this. 25:21.453 --> 25:23.788 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% One day she took the train to Boston, 25:23.788 --> 25:25.924 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% made her way to the darkened room, 25:25.924 --> 25:29.628 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% put her name down in cursive script, and waited her turn. 25:30.595 --> 25:32.364 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% When they read her name aloud, 25:32.364 --> 25:33.999 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% she made her way to the stage, 25:33.999 --> 25:36.368 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% straightened the papers in her hands, 25:36.368 --> 25:40.572 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% pages and envelopes, the backs of grocery bills. 25:40.572 --> 25:42.941 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% She closed her eyes for a minute, (inhales) 25:42.941 --> 25:45.644 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% took a breath, and began. 25:46.811 --> 25:50.949 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% From her mouth, perfect words exploded. 25:50.949 --> 25:54.219 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% Intact formulas of light and darkness, 25:54.219 --> 25:57.522 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% she dared to rhyme with words like cochineal 25:57.522 --> 26:00.959 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% and describe the skies like diadem. 26:00.959 --> 26:04.763 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Obscurely worded incantations filled the room 26:04.763 --> 26:09.267 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% with an alchemy that made the very molecules quake. 26:10.402 --> 26:12.170 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% The solitary words she handled 26:12.170 --> 26:15.206 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% in her upstairs room with keen precision 26:15.206 --> 26:20.011 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% came rumbling out to make the electric lights flicker. 26:21.413 --> 26:24.950 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% 40 members of the audience were treated for hypertension. 26:24.950 --> 26:26.718 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% 20-year-old dark-haired beauties 26:26.718 --> 26:29.454 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% found their heads had turned a Moses white. 26:30.655 --> 26:32.657 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Her second poem erased the memory 26:32.657 --> 26:35.126 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% of every cell phone in the nightclub. 26:35.126 --> 26:37.562 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% And by the fourth line of the sixth verse, 26:37.562 --> 26:39.931 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% the grandmother in the upstairs apartment 26:39.931 --> 26:41.833 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% had been cured of her rheumatism. 26:43.068 --> 26:46.037 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% The papers reported the power outages, 26:46.037 --> 26:49.074 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% the area hospitals taxed their emergency generators 26:49.074 --> 26:51.710 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and sirens were heard to wail through the night. 26:53.178 --> 26:56.681 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Quietly, she made her way to the exit, 26:56.681 --> 26:59.884 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% walked to the terminal and rode back to Amherst. 27:00.885 --> 27:03.288 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% She never left her room again 27:03.288 --> 27:06.191 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% and never read such syllables aloud." 27:07.859 --> 27:10.996 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% (audience applauds) 27:10.996 --> 27:12.464 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% (upbeat music) 27:12.464 --> 27:13.598 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - [Huascar] While the judges compile the scores 27:13.598 --> 27:15.033 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% from the first two rounds, 27:15.033 --> 27:17.002 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% let's meet the rest of our contestants. 27:17.902 --> 27:19.571 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% (upbeat music) 27:19.571 --> 27:23.041 align:left position:30% line:5% size:60% - I am Madeline Fritz, I go by Maddie. 27:23.041 --> 27:24.909 align:left position:30% line:5% size:60% I am from Blue Valley High School. 27:24.909 --> 27:28.647 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% I am a senior now, so college. 27:28.647 --> 27:32.017 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% And I am from Overland Park, Kansas. 27:32.017 --> 27:34.085 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% Yes, this is my first time competing, 27:34.085 --> 27:36.187 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% and it's been really fun. 27:37.555 --> 27:40.025 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% I've done a lot of practicing with coaches and stuff, 27:40.025 --> 27:41.860 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% so I'm very excited for today. 27:43.028 --> 27:44.863 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75% - My name is John Gilmore. 27:44.863 --> 27:48.700 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% I am from Girard, I go to Girard High School. 27:48.700 --> 27:52.037 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% I am a senior at Girard High School this year. 27:52.037 --> 27:53.838 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% This is my first time competing 27:53.838 --> 27:56.474 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% at this level in Poetry Out Loud. 27:56.474 --> 27:58.343 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I've had an amazing experience. 27:58.343 --> 28:02.313 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% A lot of people who I've met along the way 28:02.313 --> 28:04.082 align:left position:35% line:83% size:55% who are very passionate about poetry 28:04.082 --> 28:05.450 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% and it's good to see that. 28:06.384 --> 28:08.086 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5% - So my name is Jaden Huehl. 28:08.086 --> 28:10.188 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% I go Tipton Catholic High School. 28:10.188 --> 28:13.958 align:left position:27.5% line:5% size:62.5% I live outside of Silvan Grove on a farm, 28:13.958 --> 28:15.794 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% and I'm a junior this year. 28:17.262 --> 28:19.698 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% Yes, it is my very first time competing in Poetry Out Loud. 28:19.698 --> 28:22.000 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% This is the first time I was ever introduced to it 28:22.000 --> 28:24.035 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% being that I went to two other schools. 28:24.035 --> 28:26.004 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% My freshman and sophomore year of high school, 28:26.004 --> 28:28.373 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% it wasn't really offered or even talked about, 28:28.373 --> 28:30.408 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% and so I was really excited to get involved. 28:30.408 --> 28:31.743 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I loved doing speech, forensics, 28:31.743 --> 28:32.911 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% debate, all that type of stuff. 28:32.911 --> 28:34.679 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% So I've loved it so far 28:34.679 --> 28:36.481 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% and I can't wait to do it in the future. 28:38.216 --> 28:40.885 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% (upbeat music) 28:45.323 --> 28:48.460 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% - All of my poems actually have kind of a theme, 28:48.460 --> 28:50.962 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% which is like hope and deference. 28:50.962 --> 28:54.499 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% So my first poem, "Advice From Rock Creek Park," 28:54.499 --> 28:57.469 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% is kind of this warning 28:57.469 --> 29:02.173 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% about how our society can pollute the earth 29:02.173 --> 29:05.744 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% and how we don't want that, and the wildlife is struggling. 29:05.744 --> 29:09.481 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% But they are still gonna be here when we are not. 29:12.083 --> 29:15.854 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% - I chose the poem "Invisible Children," 29:15.854 --> 29:17.889 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% that's one of the poems I chose by, 29:19.357 --> 29:22.093 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% pardon me if I butcher her name, but Mariana Llanos, 29:22.093 --> 29:25.029 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% and I love the poem 29:25.029 --> 29:29.100 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and how it speaks about the kids 29:29.100 --> 29:32.237 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% that are around the United States, 29:32.237 --> 29:35.573 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% who are in like shallow and slumped places, 29:35.573 --> 29:38.777 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% and I like that, the theme of the poem really much, 29:38.777 --> 29:39.711 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% it speaks to me. 29:41.446 --> 29:43.348 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% - So I've chosen three different poems. 29:43.348 --> 29:45.917 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% The first one is "Broken Promises" by David Kirby. 29:45.917 --> 29:49.154 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% When I first read this poem, it really resonated with me, 29:49.154 --> 29:51.990 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% 'cause I think it's a poem that you can really relate to 29:51.990 --> 29:53.658 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% on a very personal and deep level, 29:53.658 --> 29:55.059 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% 'cause we all have those promises 29:55.059 --> 29:56.795 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% that we've made to ourselves 29:56.795 --> 29:58.763 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% and they come up and they haunt you. 29:58.763 --> 30:00.465 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% And I think that that's what this poem is really about, 30:00.465 --> 30:02.967 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% and trying to like explain that feeling 30:02.967 --> 30:06.704 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% of just your failures and how that affects you. 30:06.704 --> 30:09.107 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% The second one is "The Spirit is Too Blunt an Instrument," 30:09.107 --> 30:12.477 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% and it's just talking about how amazing our bodies are 30:12.477 --> 30:16.915 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% and how amazing making a baby is, and that process. 30:16.915 --> 30:18.650 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% And it just really spoke to me 30:18.650 --> 30:19.884 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% 'cause when you look at a baby, 30:19.884 --> 30:21.586 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% you just think of this perfect, precious thing. 30:21.586 --> 30:23.154 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% It's kind of just appreciating that wonder 30:23.154 --> 30:24.923 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% and that awe that you really think of. 30:24.923 --> 30:26.591 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% And then the final, last poem 30:26.591 --> 30:29.928 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% is "On Monsieur's Departure" by Queen Elizabeth the First, 30:29.928 --> 30:33.164 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% and for this one, she's very torn, 30:33.164 --> 30:36.668 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% and I feel like I liked the back and forth in the poem. 30:36.668 --> 30:38.803 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% I liked how she was expressing her feelings. 30:38.803 --> 30:41.039 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% And I feel like that's a feeling that a lot of people have, 30:41.039 --> 30:43.208 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% whether it be, like in her case of love, 30:43.208 --> 30:44.576 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% or over something else, 30:44.576 --> 30:46.778 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% it's just that expression of being torn, 30:46.778 --> 30:48.713 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% and I just like that relatability. 30:49.881 --> 30:52.517 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% (upbeat music) 30:56.821 --> 30:59.057 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% - I think poetry is very important 30:59.057 --> 31:04.028 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% because it just is such a great way to express yourself 31:04.028 --> 31:07.232 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% in interpreting the world around you 31:07.232 --> 31:09.100 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% and interpreting people. 31:09.100 --> 31:11.135 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% And I think it's just, 31:11.135 --> 31:14.973 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% it's so fun to be able to put together 31:14.973 --> 31:19.644 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% these verses and words that just kind of flow off the page, 31:19.644 --> 31:21.246 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% and that's also why 31:22.347 --> 31:25.650 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% I think I do like reciting poetry so much. 31:25.650 --> 31:27.552 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% It's just because that feeling that you get 31:27.552 --> 31:30.655 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% when you're just thinking about what these words mean 31:30.655 --> 31:32.156 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and the impact that they have. 31:33.424 --> 31:35.727 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - I like poetry because it's almost like seeing 31:35.727 --> 31:37.662 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% into the inner souls of people. 31:37.662 --> 31:39.898 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% People like to confess what they feel, 31:39.898 --> 31:42.166 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% what they think, and these emotions 31:42.166 --> 31:45.169 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% that they can't normally confess to others. 31:45.169 --> 31:46.804 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% And that's just cool to see 31:46.804 --> 31:50.541 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% because maybe I'm not alone in the things I feel. 31:51.843 --> 31:53.811 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% - So I am definitely someone 31:53.811 --> 31:55.513 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% who English class is my favorite class. 31:55.513 --> 31:58.249 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% And so I love looking at deeper meanings 31:58.249 --> 32:00.818 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and I think that's the beauty of a good poem, 32:00.818 --> 32:02.387 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% is when you read it through the first time, 32:02.387 --> 32:03.588 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% you're like, that's good. 32:03.588 --> 32:06.691 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% And the 15th time, you're like that's good. 32:06.691 --> 32:08.359 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% And I love how poetry, 32:08.359 --> 32:11.329 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% each person takes something different out of it. 32:11.329 --> 32:12.730 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% I can read the same poem that you read 32:12.730 --> 32:14.933 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% and we're both gonna feel different emotions, 32:14.933 --> 32:18.036 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% but it's still that author conveying that emotion to you. 32:18.036 --> 32:20.571 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% And I just think it's a very beautiful process. 32:22.140 --> 32:24.809 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% (upbeat music) 32:27.345 --> 32:28.579 align:left position:35% line:89% size:55% - I have. 32:28.579 --> 32:31.716 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% I find poetry is just a fun pastime 32:31.716 --> 32:35.186 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% to look at an object and just kind of try 32:35.186 --> 32:38.690 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% to figure it out through rhyming verse. 32:38.690 --> 32:42.160 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% I actually composed a little homemade book 32:42.160 --> 32:46.731 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% that my mom printed for our family for Christmas one year. 32:46.731 --> 32:50.234 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% So I do have an unofficial little book out 32:50.234 --> 32:51.569 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% of poems out there. 32:53.171 --> 32:56.741 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% - I have not written any poetry on my own. 32:56.741 --> 33:00.745 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% We have, I guess, you can say haikus, I've written those 33:00.745 --> 33:03.681 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% and those are challenging to convey messages, 33:03.681 --> 33:06.617 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% but I like the style of haikus, though. 33:07.618 --> 33:09.287 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% - I don't really write poetry 33:09.287 --> 33:11.055 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% in the sense of maybe anyone else seeing it. 33:11.055 --> 33:12.490 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% But I do think a sense 33:12.490 --> 33:14.158 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% that I think everyone writes their own poetry 33:14.158 --> 33:16.260 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% in their own way, if you ever journal or anything, 33:16.260 --> 33:18.596 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% 'cause the beauty about poetry is it can be yours. 33:18.596 --> 33:20.531 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% It's not a strict rubric. 33:20.531 --> 33:22.066 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% And I think if you really think about it, 33:22.066 --> 33:23.301 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% everyone's written poetry, 33:23.301 --> 33:24.635 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% and so anytime you're journaling, 33:24.635 --> 33:26.137 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% any time you're writing down your thoughts, 33:26.137 --> 33:27.405 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% that is your poetry. 33:27.405 --> 33:29.040 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% So in a way, yes, and in a way, no. 33:30.742 --> 33:33.411 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% (upbeat music) 33:37.048 --> 33:38.483 align:left position:32.5% line:89% size:57.5% - Absolutely. 33:38.483 --> 33:43.054 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% I would say just start thinking about things in your life 33:43.054 --> 33:46.157 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75% and things that you would like other people to know. 33:46.157 --> 33:49.560 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% So you can just start writing down random ideas 33:49.560 --> 33:51.329 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% and just expressing your thoughts. 33:52.697 --> 33:57.168 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% It's not meant to be this stuffy, constricted, 33:57.168 --> 33:58.836 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% whatever, type of poetry. 33:58.836 --> 34:01.539 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% It's just like free verse poetry. 34:01.539 --> 34:04.776 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% Or I personally like rhyming schemes a whole lot. 34:06.444 --> 34:08.246 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% Just do it for fun. 34:08.246 --> 34:12.383 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% - I would say that it's a great release for everyday life. 34:12.383 --> 34:13.818 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% It's fun. It's creative. 34:13.818 --> 34:16.354 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% And there are many great poets. 34:16.354 --> 34:18.656 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% There's many great poems 34:18.656 --> 34:22.460 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% and it is for the average person. 34:22.460 --> 34:24.896 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% I mean, it might have to take a little digging, 34:24.896 --> 34:28.132 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% but the themes and the ideas behind poetry 34:28.132 --> 34:31.636 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% can be very critical 34:31.636 --> 34:32.570 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% in a writer's life. 34:33.971 --> 34:35.173 align:left position:25% line:5% size:65% - Well, one thing, 34:35.173 --> 34:36.340 align:left position:25% line:5% size:65% this is what I say about reading as well, 34:36.340 --> 34:38.376 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% is I think everybody likes to read, 34:38.376 --> 34:40.478 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% they just haven't found what they like to read yet. 34:40.478 --> 34:42.346 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75% And so I would say the very same thing about poetry. 34:42.346 --> 34:43.548 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% A lot of people shy away 34:43.548 --> 34:45.116 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% 'cause they had their Shakespearean unit 34:45.116 --> 34:47.151 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% or whatever it was in high school (laughs) 34:47.151 --> 34:48.553 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% and then they shied away 34:48.553 --> 34:50.688 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% 'cause that wasn't necessarily their type of poetry, 34:50.688 --> 34:52.123 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% but there is poetry for everyone, 34:52.123 --> 34:53.724 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% like I kind of talked about earlier. 34:53.724 --> 34:55.760 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% There is difference in poems and everything. 34:55.760 --> 34:57.028 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% That's the beauty of it. 34:57.028 --> 34:58.296 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% It's different, it's to each individual. 34:58.296 --> 35:00.765 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% So I would encourage them to find a poet 35:00.765 --> 35:02.700 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% that really represents them and how they feel, 35:02.700 --> 35:04.635 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% and that's how they really get into it. 35:06.170 --> 35:08.773 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% (upbeat music) 35:17.515 --> 35:21.319 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% - Based on the scores from rounds one and two, 35:21.319 --> 35:24.589 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75% the top three contestants advanced to round three 35:24.589 --> 35:26.724 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% will be the following students, 35:26.724 --> 35:28.693 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% Madeline Fritz, (audience applauds) 35:28.693 --> 35:31.863 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% Nova Hagerman, Allie Cloyd. 35:33.631 --> 35:35.333 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% We will now begin the final round. 35:36.467 --> 35:39.370 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% Our first contestant is Allie Cloyd. 35:41.672 --> 35:45.510 align:left position:25% line:5% size:65% - "The Coming Woman" by Mary Weston Fordham, 35:47.812 --> 35:51.516 align:left position:30% line:5% size:60% "Just look, 'tis quarter past six, love, 35:51.516 --> 35:54.252 align:left position:27.5% line:5% size:62.5% and not even the fires are caught. 35:54.252 --> 35:57.455 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Well, you know, I must be at the office, 35:57.455 --> 36:01.159 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% but as usual, the breakfast will be late. 36:02.360 --> 36:04.996 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% Now, hurry and wake up the children 36:04.996 --> 36:07.698 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% and dress them as fast as you can. 36:07.698 --> 36:10.635 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% Poor dearies, I know they'll be tardy. 36:10.635 --> 36:14.438 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% Dear me, what a slow pokey man. 36:14.438 --> 36:17.141 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% Have the tenderloin boiled nice and juicy. 36:17.141 --> 36:20.044 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% Have the toast brown and buttered all right. 36:20.044 --> 36:22.213 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% And be sure you settle the coffee. 36:22.213 --> 36:24.282 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Be sure that the silver is bright. 36:26.050 --> 36:29.253 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% When ready, just run up and call me, 36:29.253 --> 36:32.190 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% at eight, to the office, I go 36:32.190 --> 36:35.893 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% lest poverty grim should overtake us. 36:35.893 --> 36:37.562 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% 'tis bread and butter, you know. 36:38.763 --> 36:41.666 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% The bottom from stocks may fall out. 36:41.666 --> 36:43.868 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% My bonds may get below par. 36:44.969 --> 36:47.838 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% Then surely, I seldom could spare you 36:47.838 --> 36:49.807 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% a nickel to buy a cigar. 36:51.008 --> 36:53.945 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% Already, now while I am eating, 36:53.945 --> 36:56.714 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% just bring up my wheel to the door. 36:56.714 --> 36:59.283 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Then wash up the dishes, and mind now, 36:59.283 --> 37:01.185 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% have dinner promptly at four, 37:02.420 --> 37:04.822 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% for tonight is our women's convention, 37:04.822 --> 37:07.758 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% and I am to speak first, you know. 37:07.758 --> 37:09.794 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% The men veto us in private, 37:09.794 --> 37:12.830 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% but in public they shout, that's so. 37:12.830 --> 37:14.665 align:left position:35% line:89% size:55% So bye-bye. 37:14.665 --> 37:17.134 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% In case of a rap, love, 37:17.134 --> 37:19.670 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% before opening the door, you must look. 37:21.038 --> 37:25.910 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Oh, how could a civilized women exist without a man cook?" 37:28.613 --> 37:31.949 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% (audience applauds) 37:31.949 --> 37:35.453 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% - Our next contestant is Madeline Fritz. 37:36.921 --> 37:39.824 align:left position:25% line:5% size:65% - "There are Birds Here" by Jamaal May. 37:41.626 --> 37:42.727 align:left position:32.5% line:5% size:57.5% For Detroit. 37:44.929 --> 37:47.898 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% "There are birds here. 37:47.898 --> 37:52.837 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% So many birds here, is what I was trying to say. 37:54.038 --> 37:57.341 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% When they said those birds were metaphors 37:57.341 --> 38:00.845 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75% for what is trapped between buildings and buildings. 38:00.845 --> 38:04.415 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% No, the birds are here 38:04.415 --> 38:07.518 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% to root around for bread, 38:07.518 --> 38:12.023 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% the girl's hands tear and toss like confetti. 38:12.023 --> 38:13.391 align:left position:45% line:89% size:45% No, 38:13.391 --> 38:18.362 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% I don't mean the bread is torn like cotton. 38:18.362 --> 38:20.398 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% I said confetti, 38:20.398 --> 38:25.403 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% and no, not the confetti a tank can make of a building. 38:26.871 --> 38:31.642 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% I mean the confetti a boy can't stop smiling about. 38:33.044 --> 38:36.747 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% And no, his smile isn't much like a skeleton at all. 38:37.948 --> 38:41.152 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% And no, his neighborhood is not like a war zone. 38:42.887 --> 38:45.356 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% I am trying to say 38:45.356 --> 38:49.126 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% his neighborhood is as tattered 38:49.126 --> 38:52.496 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and feathered as anything else, 38:53.564 --> 38:56.634 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% as shadow pierced by sun 38:56.634 --> 39:01.639 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% and light parted by shadow dance as anything else. 39:03.941 --> 39:07.244 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% But they won't stop saying 39:07.244 --> 39:10.381 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% how lovely the ruins, 39:10.381 --> 39:14.685 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% how ruined the lovely children must be 39:14.685 --> 39:17.588 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% in that birdless city." 39:19.423 --> 39:22.493 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% (audience applauds) 39:24.228 --> 39:27.765 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - Our final contestant is Nova Hagerman. 39:29.133 --> 39:31.635 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75% - "In" by Andrew Hudgins. 39:33.904 --> 39:36.741 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% "When we first heard, from blocks away, 39:36.741 --> 39:39.510 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% the fog truck's blustery roar, 39:39.510 --> 39:42.947 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% we dropped our toys, leapt from our meals 39:42.947 --> 39:45.383 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75% and scrambled out the door 39:45.383 --> 39:48.853 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5% into an evening briefly fuzzy 39:49.720 --> 39:52.656 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5% we yearned to be transformed. 39:52.656 --> 39:55.292 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% Translated past confining flesh 39:55.292 --> 39:58.929 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% to disembodied spirit we swarmed, 39:58.929 --> 40:01.165 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% in thick smoke 40:01.165 --> 40:05.202 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% taking human form before we blurred, turned vague, 40:05.202 --> 40:09.206 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% and then invisible in temporary heaven. 40:10.541 --> 40:13.444 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% Freed of bodies by the fog, 40:13.444 --> 40:16.280 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% we laughed, we sang, we shouted. 40:16.280 --> 40:18.115 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% We were our voices. 40:18.115 --> 40:19.884 align:left position:32.5% line:89% size:57.5% Nothing else. 40:19.884 --> 40:22.887 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% Voice was all we wanted. 40:25.222 --> 40:28.025 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% The white clouds tumbled down our streets, 40:28.025 --> 40:31.328 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% pursued by spellbound children 40:31.328 --> 40:34.765 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% who chased the most distorting clouds, 40:34.765 --> 40:36.467 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% ecstatic in the poison." 40:37.968 --> 40:39.703 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% (audience applauds) 40:39.703 --> 40:41.138 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% (upbeat music) 40:41.138 --> 40:43.607 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% - [Huascar] This concludes round three of our competition. 40:43.607 --> 40:45.843 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% Coming up next, we'll announce the winner 40:45.843 --> 40:50.080 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% of the 2022 Kansas Poetry Out Loud competition. 40:50.080 --> 40:52.850 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% But first let's hear from our judges 40:52.850 --> 40:55.786 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% as they recite some of their favorite poems. 40:56.720 --> 40:57.888 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% (upbeat music) 40:57.888 --> 40:59.490 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% (audience applauds) 40:59.490 --> 41:01.492 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75% - I am going to read a poem 41:01.492 --> 41:03.060 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5% and it's one of my own poems 41:03.060 --> 41:06.297 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75% and I'm a little embarrassed to say I have not memorized it. 41:07.531 --> 41:09.800 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% But yeah, hopefully, you can forgive me. 41:11.101 --> 41:12.636 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% "Under Tree Canopy." 41:13.804 --> 41:17.174 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% By oakleaf hydrangea, sipping creek side, 41:17.174 --> 41:20.945 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% watching fat bumblebees drunk and stumbling. 41:20.945 --> 41:23.914 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% In shade, in shelter, 41:23.914 --> 41:27.651 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% our smallness grows into something strong, 41:27.651 --> 41:30.654 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% no longer afraid to take up space 41:30.654 --> 41:33.057 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% or yield to powdery blossom. 41:34.191 --> 41:38.095 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% Peonies, dogwood, and shining blue star, 41:38.996 --> 41:41.799 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% gentle teachers of sweetness, 41:41.799 --> 41:45.102 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% of stopping to breathe and soft touch. 41:46.770 --> 41:50.441 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Maybe it's true that we are all alone together, 41:51.909 --> 41:56.213 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% able to imagine a variety of sadnesses other than our own, 41:56.213 --> 42:01.185 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and in that, seeing our chance to open, to face the sun. 42:03.120 --> 42:06.223 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% Young robins chatter incessant 42:06.223 --> 42:08.592 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% and willow leaves curl waxy green 42:08.592 --> 42:12.997 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% and fingers providing company and counsel. 42:12.997 --> 42:17.268 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% How to fall over again and again, and keep going. 42:18.435 --> 42:21.405 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% How easy to linger in the wayside, 42:21.405 --> 42:23.908 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% sit by the water 42:23.908 --> 42:26.377 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% and allow each verdant brush 42:26.377 --> 42:30.080 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% to transform seed into wily seedling, 42:30.080 --> 42:32.016 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% bud to pink flower. 42:33.417 --> 42:37.488 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% How to realize each expectant whisper in our own heart?" 42:38.889 --> 42:39.890 align:left position:35% line:89% size:55% Thank you. 42:39.890 --> 42:42.960 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% (audience applauds) 42:44.428 --> 42:48.265 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5% - I am a farm girl from just west of the Arikaree Breaks, 42:48.265 --> 42:50.534 align:left position:27.5% line:5% size:62.5% so this is a poem called "MoonStain," 42:50.534 --> 42:53.704 align:left position:17.5% line:5% size:72.5% which is the title poem from my book, "MoonStain." 42:55.239 --> 42:57.207 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% "Barn door's pushed shut 42:57.207 --> 43:01.145 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% in indication something worth investigating was within. 43:04.114 --> 43:07.017 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5% I tried with all my strength to open, close again, 43:08.519 --> 43:11.789 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% new birth and pungent urgency led me 43:11.789 --> 43:14.058 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% to the stillborn calf, quite warm. 43:15.025 --> 43:17.094 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I nestled in the hay beside it, 43:17.094 --> 43:19.129 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% placed my arms around its neck. 43:19.964 --> 43:21.665 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% I knew what death was. 43:21.665 --> 43:25.669 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% Had heard whispers of my mother's not long before, 43:25.669 --> 43:28.505 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% and I could hear the mother cow's loud bawling 43:28.505 --> 43:30.240 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% from outside the back barn door. 43:31.442 --> 43:34.111 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% I felt the spirit of the calf lift, 43:34.111 --> 43:37.448 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% swirl around me, disappear. 43:37.448 --> 43:38.916 align:left position:32.5% line:89% size:57.5% It grew cold. 43:38.916 --> 43:40.784 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% I felt damp fear. 43:42.186 --> 43:45.422 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% I sat in the caliginous stall until my sister came, 43:45.422 --> 43:47.691 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% took my hand, ran with me 43:47.691 --> 43:51.061 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% past my grandmother's blood moonlit garden 43:51.061 --> 43:53.697 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% of hollyhocks, iris, 43:53.697 --> 43:56.133 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% rhubarb, strawberries. 43:56.133 --> 43:59.103 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% Past the spot where a rattler soaked up water 43:59.103 --> 44:01.939 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% from a sprinkler one August day. 44:01.939 --> 44:06.076 align:left position:22.5% line:77% size:67.5% Past the rotted elm, where winged fire ants swarmed in balls 44:06.076 --> 44:07.678 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% until they tumbled to the ground. 44:09.079 --> 44:12.783 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% We opened the rusted screen door and tiptoed to bed 44:12.783 --> 44:16.820 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% where I lay crying because it felt so wondrous, 44:16.820 --> 44:18.989 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% because it felt so good 44:18.989 --> 44:23.360 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% until the moon stain no longer spread across the floor." 44:23.360 --> 44:24.995 align:left position:35% line:89% size:55% Thank you. 44:24.995 --> 44:27.965 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% (audience applauds) 44:27.965 --> 44:29.400 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% - So my name is Huascar Medina. 44:29.400 --> 44:32.670 align:left position:25% line:5% size:65% This poem is about when I moved to Kansas 44:32.670 --> 44:35.239 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% and missed San Antonio, where I was from before 44:35.239 --> 44:36.874 align:left position:27.5% line:5% size:62.5% and it's called "Surrogate City." 44:37.908 --> 44:41.178 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% "Mama, etsoy bien. 44:41.378 --> 44:44.548 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% Mother KC has adopted me. 44:44.548 --> 44:48.585 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5% She, too, wears iron garments of concrete and glass. 44:48.585 --> 44:51.422 align:left position:30% line:5% size:60% Winks at me to cross the streets. 44:51.422 --> 44:56.160 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% Reminds me I am cared for through sirens in the air. 44:56.160 --> 45:01.165 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% She hums a highway lullaby of old Paseo Puente, 45:02.032 --> 45:03.701 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% so I may pass the nights, 45:03.701 --> 45:08.639 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% skylines don't resemble mi vieja san ciudad in peace. 45:10.040 --> 45:13.977 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% She embraces your son, the son, el sol, my soul. 45:13.977 --> 45:17.781 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% Mother KC has been good to me." 45:17.781 --> 45:18.582 align:left position:35% line:89% size:55% Thank you. 45:19.583 --> 45:22.619 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% (audience applauds) 45:22.619 --> 45:25.289 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% (upbeat music) 45:30.994 --> 45:34.798 align:left position:17.5% line:5% size:72.5% As the 2022 Kansas Poetry Out Loud champion, 45:34.798 --> 45:37.401 align:left position:25% line:5% size:65% the state champion will receive $200 45:37.401 --> 45:39.670 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% and the opportunity to compete 45:39.670 --> 45:42.573 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% in the national Poetry Out Loud contest. 45:42.573 --> 45:45.809 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% This student's school also receives $500 45:45.809 --> 45:49.613 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% to purchase poetry resources for their school library. 45:49.613 --> 45:53.751 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Should the Kansas state winner be unable to participate 45:53.751 --> 45:56.453 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% at the national Poetry Out Loud finals, 45:56.453 --> 45:58.956 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% the runner-up will represent Kansas 45:58.956 --> 46:00.524 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% at the national competition. 46:01.725 --> 46:04.661 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% The runner-up will also receive $100 46:04.661 --> 46:09.600 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and her school will also receive $200 for poetry materials. 46:10.467 --> 46:12.569 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% The person receiving third place 46:12.569 --> 46:15.906 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% in the 2022 Kansas 46:15.906 --> 46:18.609 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% Poetry Out Loud competition is 46:21.745 --> 46:23.447 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% Madeline Fritz. 46:24.548 --> 46:27.618 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% (audience applauds) 46:33.590 --> 46:35.459 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% The second place runner-up 46:35.459 --> 46:39.997 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% for 2022 Kansas Poetry Out Loud is 46:39.997 --> 46:41.365 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% Nova Hagerman. 46:42.399 --> 46:45.469 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% (audience applauds) 46:51.909 --> 46:56.713 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% Which means the 2022 Kansas Poetry Out Loud champion 46:56.713 --> 46:58.081 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% is Allie Cloyd. 46:59.049 --> 47:02.052 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% (audience applauds) 47:03.987 --> 47:07.357 align:left position:30% line:5% size:60% (upbeat music) 47:07.357 --> 47:11.562 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% Congratulations and thanks to all students, judges, 47:11.562 --> 47:14.832 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% regional coordinators, parents and teachers, 47:14.832 --> 47:16.266 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% and our special guests 47:16.266 --> 47:20.204 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% for attending the Kansas Poetry Out Loud state finals. 47:20.204 --> 47:22.940 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% Remember that you can watch our state champion 47:22.940 --> 47:26.210 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% represent Kansas at the national semi-finals 47:26.210 --> 47:29.680 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% at arts.gov on Sunday, May 1st. 47:30.781 --> 47:41.859 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% (audience applauds) (upbeat music) 48:37.915 --> 48:41.919 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% Ben and Judy Coates proudly support KTWU and arts education.