Poetry is for everyone.

And if you've been told otherwise, you've been lied to.

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What happens when you hear the word ‘Poetry’?

You may be feeling like the guy in the photo above, and I don’t blame you! In the 14+ years I’ve been writing poetry, I’ve found that some people cringe when they hear that word…the p-word—poetry. Depending on how you were taught, you might have only read Shakespeare, Tenny…