School Recitation Competition at Savremena

/ / Blog / February 26, 2026

School Recitation Competition

at Savremena

A school recitation competition isn’t easy. Students memorize poems, practice interpretation, work on diction, intonation, emotional tone. And when they step on stage – everything depends on the moment. On how they pronounce each verse. How they convey what the poet wants to say. How the audience feels what they feel.

This year, the competition at Savremena Elementary School was challenging. Many students applied. Many poems were chosen. And many different approaches – some chose classic poems, some contemporary. Some went for emotional charge, some for humor. Some recited quietly and introspectively, some loudly and with energy.

The jury listened. And they knew the decision wouldn’t be easy.

Because not all reciters are the same. Everyone brings their own style, their own voice, their own interpretation. And deciding who best represents the school at the municipal level – that’s not just a technical assessment. It’s recognizing something that goes beyond proper accent and clear diction. It’s recognizing those who know how to convey emotion through words.

A Decision Made Unanimously

By unanimous decision of the jury, it was decided that the following students will represent our school at the municipal competition:

Lower grades:

  1. Nataša Mosurović (II-1)
  2. Viktor Evgo (III-2)

Upper grades:

  1. Dušan Janković (VIII-2)
  2. Eldin Heldić (V-3)

Four different students. Four different styles. Four different approaches to poetry. But all with the same talent – knowing how a word should sound, how a verse should be felt, how an audience should listen.

Nataša and Viktor are younger, but that didn’t diminish their ability to deliver a poem with confidence and emotion. Dušan and Eldin are older, more experienced, but they didn’t play it “safe” – they chose poems that require you to give yourself, to take risks, to make the audience feel what you feel.

The jury was unanimous. And that says a lot.

Because when three different people, with different experience and different approaches, make the same decision – it means these students truly deserved their place at the municipal competition.

Moving Forward to Municipal Level

A recitation competition isn’t just about who knows a poem by heart best. It’s about who knows what a word means. Who understands rhythm, pause, accent. Who knows that emotion doesn’t have to be loud to be strong. Who knows that sometimes the silence between verses speaks louder than the verses themselves.

Nataša, Viktor, Dušan, and Eldin showed exactly that. And now they face the municipal competition – where the competition will be tougher, where every nuance will be crucial, where every detail will have to be in place.

But they’re ready. Because they weren’t chosen by chance. They were chosen because they know how a poem is recited – not as a task, but as art. Savremena congratulates them. And can’t wait to watch them represent the school at the municipal level.

Because reciters aren’t just speakers. They’re interpreters. They’re artists who know that a word can be powerful – if you know how to say it.

 


Violeta Nincetovic author

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