OCS Night of Poetry, Thursday, April 17!

Join us for the Third Annual OCS Night of Poetry at Cedar Ridge High School on Thursday, April 17, starting at 6:00 p.m. 

Students from all three OCS high schools began this year's poetry program with a two-day poetry intensive on February 25 and 26, led by the North Carolina Poet Laureate, Orange County's own Jaki Shelton Green. Since then, these students have been crafting and polishing new works in community with their fellow writers, both in poetry clubs and in academic classes. 
 

At the April 17 student poetry showcase, acclaimed local authors—including Ms. Shelton Green—will address the gathering and read from their own works. Students will then present original poems they have created and submitted for judging.

A new youth poet laureate will be named for each high school, and one of the three winners will be crowned as this year's OCS Youth Poet Laureate.

Plus, middle school students will read aloud the collaborative poems that each middle school has created this year, with many individual students contributing one or two lines then weaving them together into one shared poem that we know listeners will enjoy!

Celebrating poetry doesn't end here—during the next year, participating students will visit other schools and community gatherings, to engage students and the community through their love of poetry and to share their unique voices as individual writers. We hope you will join us for the event in the J wing at Cedar Ridge High School on April 17!

 

 

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