Polson student D.C. bound after winning state poetry reading contest
Polson student Wica-ta-wi Brown delivers his winning recitation at the Montana Poetry Out Loud contest in Helena. (Katie Knight photo)
As Wica-ta-wi Hoksina Brown inhabits the poem that won him the state Poetry Out Loud championship, he does so carefully, his voice almost conversational at first, then growing in strength and passion.
The Polson High junior recited “We Are Not Responsible” by Harryette Mullen, a poem he chose precisely because it invited him “to be able to speed it up and be loud, different from the rest...
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