‘Language is powerful’: Poetry Out Loud contest returns to Archer By Jullie Cach, Staff Reporter January 7, 2022
![Junior Mia Ronn performs the poem, "The World is About to End and My Grandparents are in Love," by Kara Jackson. "I think [the poem] is so relevant and impactful. It feels like the news is constantly overwhelming our generation," Ronn said. "With COVID we haven't especially gotten the same sort of teenage experience and all of the things that we sort of hoped to experience. I think we're in a place of wondering what our lives are going to look like."Ronn originally won the school contest of the Poetry Out Loud competition last year in December and has now advanced to nationals as one of the top nine finalists.](https://archeroracle.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/IMG-9751-1-900x675.jpg)