• 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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