
An ode to Chicago, a lament of war and the praise of woman�s beauty earned Burlington High School senior Claude Mumbere a second-place finish Tuesday night in the national Poetry Out Loud recitation competition in Washington, D.C.After competing last year, Mumbere said, all he wanted to do this year was improve on that performance. He exceeded that goal. �I came in with the attitude that I was going to the top nine,� he said shortly after the results were announced at 9 p.m. �Making it to the top 3 was just, wow. I was so very excited. Then when they called the third person and it wasn�t me, I was just, like, whoa! I didn�t know what to think. And then when they said second ...
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