Four teens on why they like poetry

By Elizabeth Blair

Published May 6, 2025 at 4:57 PM EDT

The finals of the Poetry Out Loud high school poetry competition take place in Washington, D.C., this week. NPR asked some of this year's competitors about how to master a poem.

Elizabeth Blair

Elizabeth Blair is a Peabody Award-winning senior producer/reporter on the Arts Desk of NPR News.

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