1.+Welcome+to+Poetry

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Welcome to Poetry

    
 * Community building
 * “To be in a roomful of writers collectively engaging in the same basic task, yet fully in our own composing process is a remarkable experience.” Stephen Healey
 * Sharing your story
 * Freedom of writing
 *  “I love poetry, love the compassion, the word play, the way thoughts bump up against one another.” Jane Yolen

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 * <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; msobidifontsize: 11.0ptmso-fareast-font-family;">Can be short or very long
 * <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; msobidifontsize: 11.0ptmso-fareast-font-family;">Can be silly or serious
 * <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; msobidifontsize: 11.0ptmso-fareast-font-family;">A way to describe the world you live in
 * <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; msobidifontsize: 11.0ptmso-fareast-font-family;">Comes from the heart
 * <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; msobidifontsize: 11.0ptmso-fareast-font-family;">An Exploration