Poetry in motion

On April 15th Kylie took place in the first ever Poetry contest for her middle school. She was one of about 10 kids who each performed 2 poems.

The poems could not be their own work and they performed in rounds. All grades were represented.

Kylie performed "Dream within a Dream" by Edgar Allen Poe and "Mungo Jerri" by TS Elliot.

I have video of her performing but can't seem to manage to get it to load at this time. I'll try again, maybe from a different computer later.


Kylie ultimately won 3rd place which everyone in the room was surprised by. We had people after the contest come up and tell us they were sure she had won. Kylie did too.

I honestly thought she had nailed it too but we weren't the judges.

Here is Kylie and the other winners with their large checks. Kylie went by Kodi in language arts class, hence the usage of the name Kodi in the video as well as on the check.

I'm still proud of her and she still walked away with cash. Overall it was a good night.