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Poetry is often seen as this
sort of old school Shakespearean

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like Walt Whitman thing,
classical thing, and it is that.

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But it is also a weapon and a
tool for revolution in the

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modern day.

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Most of the time it can be
really long or really condensed,

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really short, and I love that it
is short when I do stubble upon

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a short poem, because it tells
so much through very little.

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My love for language and poetry
and words really was, I guess

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stimulated by trips to the
library with my family, and I

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can't imagine where I'd be
without that.

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I hope to see that in my
community, poetry events and

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workshops that already exist are
talked about more and

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appreciated more, but also that
more people have an

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understanding of poetry outside
of what we're taught in school.

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You can use poetry to kind of
translate your anger or your

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emotion into something that can
change people.