Welcome to the submissions for Poetry Out Loud Qualifier Round competitors! Each section is divided by school (in alphabetical order), with video submissions inside.
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Poem 1: Dawn Chorus by Sasha Dugdale
Poem 2: The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost
Donnie Schulte
Poem 1: Battle Hymn of the Republic by Julia Ward Howe
Poem 2: Acquainted with the Night by Robert Frost
Lainey Fillmore
Poem 1: Blade Unplugged by Tim Siebles
Poem 2: All This and More by Mary Karr
Majie Ahana Winfrey
Poem 1: The Mothering Blackness by Maya Angelou
Poem 2: Black Matters by Keith S. Wilson
Levius Spencer
Poem 1: The Statesman by Ambrose Bierce
Poem 2: Ode to the Midwest by Kevin Young
Matelyn Zutavern
Poem 1: Anthem for My Belly After Eating Too Much by Kara Jackson
Poem 2: Alive by Natasha Sajé
Donnie Shulte
Poem 1: We Wear the Mask by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Poem 2: Songs for the People by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
Carlee Livingston
Poem 1: Ex Libris by Eleanor Wilner
Poem 2: The Sun Came by Etheridge Knight
Alaya Wagner
Poem 1: After the Winter by Claude McKay
Poem 2: April Love by Ernest Dowson