2017 STATE OF OKLAHOMA POETRY OUT LOUD CHAMPION

CONGRATULATIONS TO JUNIOR KRISTINE GUERRERO. SHE IS THE 2017 STATE OF OKLAHOMA POETRY OUT LOUD CHAMPION. THE NATIONAL FINALS WILL BE HELD ON 25 AND 26 APRIL AT THE LISNER AUDITORIUM OF THE GEORGE WSHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN WASHINGTON, DC. KRISTINE WON THE COMPETITION WITH HER PERFORMANCE OF THREE POEMS: “THE GAFFE” BY C.K. WILLIAMS, “HOLY SONNETS: DEATH, BE NOT PROUD” BY JOHN DONNE, AND “LIFE CYCLE OF COMMON MAN” BY HOWARD NEMEROV. KRISTINE FOLLOWS IN THE STEPS OF 2010 OKLAHOMA POETRY OUT LOUD STATE CHAMPION CATHERINE HORTON (LHS, CLASS OF 2011) AND 2012 AND 2013 OKLAHOMA POETRY OUT LOUD STATE CHAMPION DENISE BURNS (LHS, CLASS OF 2013).