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Power of poetry shines for Franklin students
Angela Bauer, Journal-Courier
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Two Franklin High School students will advance to the Illinois State Finals of the Central Illinois Poetry Out Loud competition on March 8.Dusan Petkovic | Getty Images
Franklin High School students Thaddeus Bergschneider and Madden Delaney were the top two finishers in the Central Illinois Poetry Out Loud competition earlier this month.
Bergschneider recited Mary Carr’s “All This and More” and W.D. Ehrhart’s “Beautiful Wreckage”. Delaney recited Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib’s “No, I wasn’t meant to love and be loved” and Stephen Dunn’s “Propositions”. ....

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