Poetry gives wings to words. And Amber Greymorning will ride them all the way to Washington, D.C. Her grace and skill with memorized poetry earned the Hellgate High School senior a trip to the capital ...

<P> Chopticon High School junior Mariah Demirkan stepped on stage after school one day last week to recite two poems.<P> It was not the memorization that made it hard, she said, but simply standing in ...

Central High School senior Damarque Shepherd had had a lot of opportunities to recite his poetry in public settings before Monday, but perhaps none of those locations was as unique as a city bus.