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Winner Poems

1st Place
Jackson Hille – Columbus Alternative High School
	“A Satirical Elegy on the Death of a Late Famous General” by Jonathan Swift
	“Altruism” by Molly Peacock
	“Forgetfulness” by Billy Collins
2nd Place
Meredith Smith – Thomas Worthington High School
	“Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou
	“Beautiful Black Men” by Nikki Giovonni
	“Bilingual/Bilingue” by Rhina P. Espaillat
3rd Place
Robert Jones – Eastmoor Academy High School
	“The Negro Speaks of Rivers” by Langston Hughes
	“Broken Promises” by David Kirby
	“To My Mother” by Wendell Berry