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Algonquin "Poetry Out Loud" Finalists

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Sophomore Danielle Robbins recited "The Treasure" by Robinson Jeffers and "What Work Is" by Philip Levine. Photo Credit: Bret Matthew
Junior Ben Rutan recited "Invictus" by William Ernest Henley and "The Empty Dance Shoes" by Cornelius Eady. Photo Credit: Bret Matthew
Sophomore Emily DeMaioNewton recited "Ego" by Denise Duhamel and "Sweetness" by Stephen Dunn. Photo Credit: Bret Matthew
Junior Gina Lightner recited "And Soul" by Eavan Boland and "The Canonization" by John Donne. Photo Credit: Bret Matthew
Sophomore Emma Becker recited "News" by Thomas Traherne and "A Supermarket in California" by Allen Ginsburg. Photo Credit: Bret Matthew
Sophomore Maya Polackal recited "As Kingfishers Catch Fire" by Gerard Manly Hopkins and "Infelix" by Adah Isaacs Menken. Photo Credit: Bret Matthew
Freshman Anushka Dasgupta recited "The Death of Allegory" by Billy Collins and "The Listeners" by Walter De La Mare. Photo Credit: Bret Matthew
Freshman Michael Stamas recited "Cartoon Physics, Part 1" by Nick Flynn and "Tomorrow" by Dennis O'Driscoll. Photo Credit: Bret Matthew
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NORTHBOROUGH, Mass. — "You know what work is—if you're old enough to read this you know what work is, although you may not do it." So spoke sophomore Danielle Robbins, reciting Philip Levine's poem, "What Work Is," at the final round of Algonquin's "Poetry Out Loud" competition, which she won on Thursday.

"Poetry Out Loud" is a nationwide contest supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Poetry Foundation, and state arts agencies. According to their website, the contest "encourages the nation's youth to learn about great poetry through memorization and ...
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