Twenty-six acts performed at the 2016 Poetry Slam.

Fire Alarm

What is the most annoying sound in any high school?

It’s not fingernails on a chalk board or the sound of a teacher announcing weekend homework.

It’s a fire alarm.

Still not a believer? Watch this poem by junior Gabby Zuiker called “Fire Alarm,” and you find yourself agreeing.

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