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This combination of images released by Academy of American Poets shows, from left, Hallie Knight, 17, a high school senior from Jacksonville, Fla., Mina King, a 17-year-old from Shreveport, La., and 12-year-old Gabrielle Marshall, from Richmond, Va.. who came in first, second and third respectively in a poetry contest organized by the Academy of American Poets for which students wrote their own inaugural poems. Knight s poem is called âTo Rebuild.â and King s poem is âIn Pursuit of Dawn, and Marshall s poem is The Power of Hope. The official inaugural poem will be read during Wednesday s ceremony by Amanda Gorman, the countryâs first Youth Poet Laureate. (Photos by Hallie Knight, from left, Robin Hines and Jan Marshall/Academy of American Poets via AP)
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Students write inaugural poems for national poetry academy contest- NEW YORK (AP) Hallie Knight, a high school senior from Jacksonville, Florida, has some well formed ideas about where the country is and how she’d like to see it change.The 17-year-old has won a contest organized by the Academy of American Poets for.