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What's your favorite poem?
Apply to read it on stage!

You could be one of the selected members of our community to read aloud the poem they love most (and share why it matters) on stage

at Florida Studio Theatre on Monday, February 16! 

APPLICATIONS DUE THURS. JAN. 15

IMPORTANT: The poem you select CANNOT be your own work or that of a relative/partner.

Copy and paste the poem you would like to read. ONE POEM ONLY! It should be a poem you have read before and feel a personal connection to.

Explain why you chose this specific poem and what makes it important to you.

The Favorite Poem Reading is a program instituted by Robert Pinsky when he was appointed Poet Laureate of the United States in 1997. He says that if you ask people to read aloud and talk about a poem they love, something remarkable happens - a discernable change in their faces and voices that demonstrates their connection to the poem. The Favorite Poem Project grew out of that discovery. Read more about the Favorite Poem Project here: https://www.favoritepoem.org/

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