On Thursday, January 12, Smithfield-Selma High School International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme senior Courtney Lassiter won first place in the Johnston County Poetry Out Loud competition. Courtney memorized and performed two poems for this competition: “Epitaph” by Katherine Phillips and “A Song: Lying is an occupation” by Laetitia Pilkington.
Courtney is also this year’s runner up in the original poetry competition for her poem “The Handing.”
She will compete in the NC Poetry Out Loud competition on February 25th.
You go girl!! Keep it up and you’ll be writing songs for artists!! 🙂