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[2] [3]Olivia Perry, 15, a student from St. James All-Grade School in Lark Harbour, recites some of her poem selections during the national Poetry in Voice competion in Montreal.
[4]Canterbury High School’s Phoenix Sandrock placed second in the national Poetry in Voice competition in Montreal this week, winning $1,000 for herself and $500 for her school library to purchase poetry books.
[5]Maybe it was the poems themselves or maybe it was the confidence she exuded, but Olivia Perry has come home as a national poetry reading champion.
[6]Students from across Canada gathered in Montreal for a poetry recital competition.
[7]But it's paid off, and we'll hear why.
[9]Poetry has been defined as the best words in their best order, but there’s another important element for Olivia Perry.
For the Level 1 student at St. James All-Grade School in Lark Harbour, a true appreciation of a great poem involves being able to deliver it with the spoken word.
[10]Jeremy Mallette's skills with prose have earned him a trip to Montreal on April 20 to compete in a national championship.
[11]Hello, listen, I am on a field phone, do not speak until I say “over.”
You can read those words on the page — the first line of Fire Watch by Ottawa-born poet Ken Babstock — but they were meant to be heard. And when Phoenix Sandrock speaks them, the words are as haunting and lonely as the Rocky Mountain fire warden in Babstock’s 2001 poem.
[12]Two Nova Scotians are among 39 students from across the country competing in the fifth annual Poetry In Voice/Les voix de la poesie national finals in Montreal on April 21 and 22.