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Casey Aimer
For me, if something (an emotion, an idea, an opinion) is not written down, then it doesn’t exist. So I create in order to keep myself alive.
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Beth Brown Preston
I began writing poetry as a fifth grader in elementary school. I knew then there was something valuable in being able to create with language.
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LeeAnn Pickrell
With poetry I need empty space; I need time to breathe and stare out the window. That doesn’t happen most days, but by writing a couplet a day, I might be awake enough to recognize the poetry when it comes.
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Irina Cristache-Taylor
I like to think of the first draft as a sketch, laying out the basic composition and structure, and the editing as adding the subsequent layers of detail and colour. Most of the writing happens in my mind before I begin drafting.
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Safiyya Bintali
I came to learn that the situation is like having a lighter that’s run out of fluid: you need to refill it to see the spark again.