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Students Give Couplets A Try (And You Should Too!)

Scores of students submitted their poems about teamwork to an NPR callout. Here are a few of the highlights.
Students across the country responded to NPR's callout for couplets.

Writing a couplet can be tough,
But when you work with friends, it's not so rough.

On Monday, NPR's asked listeners and readers to share poems about the teams in their lives — both on and off the court.

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