NC Poetry Out Loud 2009 - "Blackberrying" by Sylvia Plath

Nadia Nasir, NC's POL winner and a student at Cedar Ridge High School, recites "Blackberrying" by Sylvia Plath.

Nadia was one of 28 students that were semi-finalists and finalists in the statewide Poetry Out Loud competition at the Museum of History in Raleigh in a program coordinated by the NC Arts Council. As State winner, she competed in the national POL competition in April 2009.

Sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation, Poetry Out Loud encourages high school students to memorize and recite poetry while mastering public speaking skills, building self-confidence and learning about their literary heritage.

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Education

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• ncarts
• north carolina
• NC Arts Council
• Poetry Out Loud
• 2009
• poetry
• competition
• recitation
• contest
• POL

[zerocoolct]

good reading. Sylvia Plath is not one of my favourite poets and she did kill herself so the poetry couldn't save her. But nonetheless good effort

[scarah26]

I agree i did this poem for the oklahoma state finals and i read it as if i was scared i wish i could post my reading of it hopefully one day soon i will

[WannabeBoosh]

I think she says it with almost too much joy; she says it like she wants it to happen. Like the line "One more hook and the berries and bushes end" she says like she wants them to end, when the poem is sadder and more desperate tham she makes it sound. I don't think she reflects the depression and desperation of Plath in this reading.