Utah's Poetry Out Loud 2025-2026 by Reilly Jensen

Find your Region

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Ideal Recipe for a Local Competition

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Link to Report Google Form Goes Here

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National Poetry Out Loud

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Utah POL and Poetry Ourselves Homepage

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Utah State Competition from 2024-25

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlpbvdCqkxE

Why Poetry Matters

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Register to host a local competition

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DEADLINE: January 20, 2026

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Leave a comment below for us with 1) the name of your school and 2) your best estimate of number of students participating. We need it to complete our Preliminary Report to the National Competition

Use these Lesson Plans (if you want!)

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From the Poetry Out Loud Teacher Resources Page

Utah's Poet Laureate can visit your classroom (for free)

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Participate in Poetry Out Loud and/or Poetry Ourselves, and you can book the Utah Poet Laureate for free!

Hosting a POL Competition

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Follow these steps to host a local competition at your school or organization

Poetry Out Loud and Poetry Ourselves

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What is Poetry Out Loud? What is Poetry Ourselves? Why should I participate?

Welcome to Poetry Out Loud!

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Competition Tips and Student Advice

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Sign up for Email Updates

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Google Form to support the subscription list for email updates

Hi!

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Welcome to our padlet! This is our teacher resource page. Please check it out and leave us a thought.

Teachers and Organizers: What other resources do you need to make a decision or hold a competition?

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Utah's Secondary Common Core Standards Grades 9-10

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Utah's Secondary Common Core Standards Grades 11-12

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Teacher Articles and Poetry Prompts/Activities from the Poetry Foundation

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Need an idea or a prompt for class? Check this out.

Utah's Common Core Poetry Lessons from UEN

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Organizing and Competing

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Recitation Tips from Nationals

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Study Utah's Poets

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Watch/listen to these bite-sized poetry recitations as you prepare to recite!

Poetry Out Loud Video: Why Does Poetry Matter in Utah?

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Teach this Poem: Song of Myself by Walt Whitman

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A lesson plan from the Academy of American Poets to teach Song of Myself poems (https://poetryoutloud.org/poets/walt-whitman/)

Poetry in America Lesson Plans

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Poetry in America gathers distinguished interpreters from all walks of life to explore and debate 12 unforgettable American poems. Athletes, poets, politicians, musicians, architects, scientists, actors, entrepreneurs, and citizens of all ages join together with host and Harvard professor Elisa New to experience and share the power of poetry.

Teach this Poem: The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus

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Historic Poems Analysis Method: Decoding History

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Many of the poems in the new anthology don't have context about the author or historic theme. This resource is useful when you are approaching teaching any historic poem.

Historical Context Tips: from National History Day

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From our friends at National History Day--a resource on historical context for this year's anthology.

America 250 Utah Education Resources

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Poet Biographical Index

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POL Poet Reference Sheet

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Suggestions for Future Anthology

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The NEA is taking suggestions for the expansion of the POL anthology for 2026-27. Add your favorites at this link!