{"product_id":"speechgeek-complete-prose-poetry-for-speech-competition","title":"Complete Prose \u0026 Poetry Collection - 62 Pieces - Mushroom Cloud \u0026 SpeechGeek","description":"\u003cp\u003eDo you need a story, poetry program, or literary reading for your speech students? No better place to find one than the SpeechGeek + Mushroom Cloud Press complete collection of oral interpretation pieces. It's everything for literary reading events we publish in one place! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInside, you'll find the prose, poems, and poetry programs included in four collections:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpeechGeek Competition Prose\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMushroom Cloud Press Classic Prose\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpeechGeek Competition Poetry\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpeechGeek Nationals Prose \u0026amp; Poetry\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThese scripts are tournament-proven, written by and for speech competition. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Instant PDF download\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEvents:\u003c\/strong\u003e Prose (PRO), Poetry (POE), Program Oral Interpretation (POI), Oral Interpretation of Literature\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength:\u003c\/strong\u003e Cuttable for anything from five-minute supplemental rounds to ten-minute POI programs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUse:\u003c\/strong\u003e Competition, showcases, classroom performance; NSDA-eligible\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContent\u003c\/strong\u003e: Subject matter appropriate for high school students, with themes noted in the included description files.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReady for a variety of state league events.\u003c\/strong\u003e These pieces fit Prose and Poetry Interpretation (Texas UIL and TFA), Prose Reading and Poetry Reading (Illinois), Interpretive Reading and Literary Program (Iowa), Interpretation of Prose and Poetry (Kansas), Serious and Humorous Prose (Nebraska), Poetry Reading and Storytelling (South Dakota), and Prose, Poetry, and Extemporaneous Reading (Minnesota)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eSave over 40% off the cover price of buying these three sets individually... grab our Complete Prose \u0026amp; Poetry, and your team will be set in these events for years to come! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWhat's included: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCompetition Poetry\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(IN)FAMOUS\u003c\/strong\u003e · Poetry Program Builder · Any gender · Giddy ambition that turns dark and accusatory\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA fame-hungry speaker turns on the audience, blaming the public's appetite for the fall of idols from Marilyn to Amy Winehouse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBeing That Guy, Tony Damico\u003c\/strong\u003e · POI · Male · Comic, nervous, self-deprecating\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn awkward guy tries one failed romantic cliché after another across four comic pieces, and ends up comparing himself to a nacho cheese Dorito.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBurned Out, Julia Neva\u003c\/strong\u003e · POI · Any gender · Plainspoken, rhythmic, weary\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBurnout grows from one overloaded day, to a dancer's broken body, to a whole school staff.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn Electron Tragedy, Jesse Gall\u003c\/strong\u003e · POI · Female · Clever, wistful, bittersweet\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA freshman-biology romance goes from crush to heartbreak to acceptance, framed by the science that electrons never truly touch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Godself Series, Bonny McDonald\u003c\/strong\u003e · POI · Any gender · Exuberant and irreverent, sincere underneath\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA rapid-fire manifesto, prayer, and gratitude list about becoming a better self that never stays reverent for long.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHiding Behind the Humor, Courtney Wright, Christopher Ellis \u0026amp; Jonnie Ray Delta\u003c\/strong\u003e · POI · Any gender · Brash dark comedy that turns vulnerable\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA compulsive joker, starting at his injured brother's bedside, reveals the humor covers what he's too scared to say.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn All Directions, Nancy Harper\u003c\/strong\u003e · POI · Any gender · Swings between biting satire and tender memory\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA child talks with their 80-year-old future self through a homemade time machine, exposing how carelessly we discard the elderly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Life and Times of Morgan Le Faye, Saeed Jones\u003c\/strong\u003e · Poetry Program Builder · Female · Lyrical, mythic, meditative\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArthur's forgotten stepsister tells her own story across centuries of names, deaths, and reinventions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePast the Profundity, Stephanie Patterson\u003c\/strong\u003e · POI · Any gender · Argumentative, then intimate and grieving\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA rebuttal on who poetry belongs to narrows to a grieving widower, then to the speaker's own family facing mortality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProud to be a B, Juniper Mariat\u003c\/strong\u003e · POI · Female · Defiant, punchy, escalating\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA woman turns the insults thrown at outspoken women into badges of toughness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRethinking Pink, Julia Neva\u003c\/strong\u003e · Poetry Program Builder · Female · Raw grief with sharp satirical whiplash\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA daughter watching her mother go through chemo skewers pink-ribbon marketing as a stand-in for real support.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTake 43, Collin Aldridge\u003c\/strong\u003e · POI · Male · Cocky and cinematic, unraveling into panic\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Hollywood director reshoots the \"morning after\" scene of his own life until his ego breaks down.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTension at Home, Saeed Jones\u003c\/strong\u003e · Poetry Program Builder · Male · Lyrical, surreal, melancholy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA man traces an absent father, a breakup, and a Southern accent he can't scrub away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUntil We Meet Again, Shane Cole\u003c\/strong\u003e · POI · Any gender · Quiet grief easing into comfort\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt a grandfather's funeral, a shuffled playlist and a dream explain the knowing smirk on his face.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat Do You See When You See Me?, Julia Neva\u003c\/strong\u003e · Poetry Program Builder · Female · Playful, then wistful, ending in a plea\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA girl who played at being invisible becomes invisible for real and fights to be seen at school, in love, and in a phone-glued culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat You See Ain't What You Get, Tiembé Maboola\u003c\/strong\u003e · POI · Any gender · Reflective and confrontational, ultimately hopeful\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEncounters across a lifetime show how little a person's appearance reveals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWomen and Scars, Deb Royce\u003c\/strong\u003e · POI · Female · Stark, unflinching, intense\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWatching an acid-attack survivor shop for groceries, a woman admits she envies a pain other people can see.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCompetition Prose\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAttempts at Being a Savior, Rachel Wiggington\u003c\/strong\u003e · Any gender · Tense, plainspoken, unsentimental\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA woman talks her niece out of a gun standoff, then returns a lesson in grief her niece once taught her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBRAINS: A Guidebook For the Newly and Nearly Undead, Stephanie Patterson Alderdice\u003c\/strong\u003e · Any gender · Gallows humor with real heart\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA mother tells the story of her degenerative diagnosis as a zombie survival guide, both funny and moving.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBruise Ship, Waylon Brown \u0026amp; Rob Herrick\u003c\/strong\u003e · Any gender · Cringe comedy, self-deprecating, quietly reflective\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA guy shows up to his five-year reunion on a cruise ship as his unchanged old self, and a string of cringeworthy setbacks follows.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid, Gregg Moeller\u003c\/strong\u003e · Any gender · Restrained, tender, quietly devastating\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA boy's question about an obituary unlocks his grandmother's story of the stillborn son no one talked about.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dragon Slayer of Eastman Senior High, Sarah Carpenter\u003c\/strong\u003e · Female · Witty, nerdy, empowering\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn outcast who writes fantasy stands up for herself when a bully reads her journal aloud in the cafeteria.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEndangered Species, Jane Nicolaas\u003c\/strong\u003e · Any gender · Nervous humor giving way to quiet heartbreak\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a clinic waiting room, a guy faces the fact that his girlfriend's decision isn't his to make.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Graveyard Shift, Jane Nicolaas\u003c\/strong\u003e · Male · Easy banter turning gentle and honest\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA former EMT keeps visiting a 3 a.m. cashier and risks their easy banter to be honest with her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHe Looked Like a Mortician, Corey Alderdice\u003c\/strong\u003e · Any gender · Deadpan, witty, warm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDeath chats up his scheduled client on a park bench, learns he has the wrong Leslie, and nudges her toward a longer life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe King of Nerd Camp, Corey Alderdice\u003c\/strong\u003e · Any gender · Warm, self-mocking comedy with a question underneath\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo counselors make the shyest kid at gifted camp its most popular, and the narrator wonders who it was really for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLearning to Fall, Millay McCain\u003c\/strong\u003e · Any gender · Whimsical, warm, bittersweet\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo sisters who believed they were magic jump from a tree, then remember it differently years later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin Story, Julia Neva\u003c\/strong\u003e · Any gender · Somber, restrained, devastating\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA mother recalls the card game that gave her son pride, and the night her husband burned all of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Prodigy, Richard Shelton\u003c\/strong\u003e · Any gender · Conversational, raw, heartbreaking\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA fragile cello prodigy's viral fame makes him a target, and a bully's assault ends his playing for good.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSecret Identities, Corey Alderdice\u003c\/strong\u003e · Male · Funny and heartfelt, grounded in teen loneliness\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA bullied comic fan dresses as Spider-Man to visit a dying boy, whose older brother turns out to be his bully.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThrough These Gates, Corey Alderdice\u003c\/strong\u003e · Any gender · Literate self-mockery, ending hopeful\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA guy maps a dance club as Dante's hell while pining for his best friend, then finds hope at an all-night coffee shop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTrevor and Travis, Odell Workman\u003c\/strong\u003e · Any gender · Tender, grieving, gently cathartic\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwin brothers learn to grieve their grandmother side by side instead of competing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhen I Made Him Cry, Doug McConnaha\u003c\/strong\u003e · Female · Warm, plain, sentimental\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA daughter remembers her father's tears after a barbed-wire accident, and sees them again at her wedding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eNationals Prose and Poetry\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBreaking the Water, Lorraine White\u003c\/strong\u003e · Prose · Male · Tense and gritty, breaking into relief\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA fisherman whose wife is about to give birth wrestles with a lost job, a needling coworker, and an old grief before his daughter arrives safely.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMan of Steel, Joseph Conway\u003c\/strong\u003e · Prose · Male · Numb and wry, building to catharsis\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA widower who hasn't felt anything in four years tries everything, until a dying deer in the wilderness finally breaks him open.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Shepherd of Chi-town, Doug Osgood\u003c\/strong\u003e · Prose · Male · Charming showman voice that turns haunted\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Chicago street performer explains how he keeps crowds at a distance, and the day he stayed in character while a woman silently begged for help.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMixed Up, Meredith Stein\u003c\/strong\u003e · Prose · Female · Candid, warm, quietly confrontational\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA teen from an interfaith family thought bigotry died with her grandmother, until her mother objects to her friendship with a Black classmate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCutting Cords, Trevor Anders\u003c\/strong\u003e · Prose · Any gender · Awkward, restrained, tender\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn his brother's wedding day, an estranged twin stranded in England makes a phone call that turns into a quiet declaration of love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCould've Been Worse, Trevor Anders\u003c\/strong\u003e · Prose · Male · Absurd comedy with a warm buddy payoff\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter a blind date implodes, his waiter best friend talks him down with a list of ways the night could have gone worse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSecond Opinion, Steven Guthrie\u003c\/strong\u003e · Prose · Male · Gentle tragicomedy, poignant\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA lonely man who 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