Hays High School’s Erin Swearingen had a big weekend at the Texas State University “Poetry Out Loud” competition. Sponsor Gina Risher reports Erin made it to the contest’s “final five.” She recited three poems from memory, one of which was “Boy and Egg” by Naomi Shihab Nye, who just happened to be the program’s emcee. “It was a happy coincidence,” Risher says, describing Erin’s performance as “a beautiful job” with all three poems, adding that Hays High School is “proud to claim this young lady.”
