Tag: personal essay
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Poetry Helps Life Fall Into Place: Symmetry
What I love about poetry is how words are like rain. They fall from the sky but it is up to us to consider the raindrops as more than just rain, as energy, expression and impetus. Words are very powerful things and as writers we must be careful to wield them cautiously. In a poem,…
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Summer of Poetry Fun
So we finished up Poetry as Discovery at the Culver City Adult School in June but we’ll be restarting again in the fall Wednesday nights. Our last class ended with creating the beautiful poetry collages that you see here! Yup, adults still like to craft too. In the meantime I’ll be hanging out at the…
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Juniors, time to get prepped!
Well it’s now National Poetry Month but that doesn’t mean a lot to the various students and parents who are preparing to enter the rounds of college admissions in the fall. Financial aid, admissions committees, personal statements are all on our slate for upcoming programs. This month Poetry Discovers will offer several college preparation workshops…