Poetry Out Loud 21-22 South Central
Regional Competition Results
Champion
Grace Casey
Freeburg Community High School
Senior
Runner-Up
Veda Kommineni
Edwardsville High School
Freshman
2021-2022
Poem 1 Entries
Poem 1 Entries
Imani Wade
Mascoutah High School
Junior
“I, Too”
by Langston Hughes
Grace Casey
Freeburg Community High School
Senior
“No, I wasn’t meant to love and be loved”
by Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib
Veda Kommineni
Edwardsville High School
Freshman
鈥淔颈濒迟别谤鈥�
by Suma Subramaniam
Tyler Lintker
Edwardsville High School
Junior
“Now I Pray”
by Kathy Engel
Kaylee Rea
Freeburg Community High School
Senior
“And Soul”
by Eavan Boland
Lauren Bruss
Edwardsville High School
Junior
鈥淚n Flanders Fields鈥�
by John McCrae
Poem 2 Entries
Poem 2 Entries
Imani Wade
Mascoutah High School
Junior
“A Poison Tree”
by William Blake
Grace Casey
Freeburg Community High School
Senior
“Discrimination”
by Kenneth Rexroth
Veda Kommineni
Edwardsville High School
Freshman
鈥淭his Body II鈥�
by Renee Watson
Tyler Lintker
Edwardsville High School
Junior
“Football”
by Louis Jenkins
Kaylee Rea
Freeburg Community High School
Senior
“Candles”
by Carl Dennis
Lauren Bruss
Edwardsville High School
Junior
鈥淥诲别鈥�
by Arthur O’Shaunghnessy