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This is a brand new thing for me.
Today it is 2021 and I haven't written poetry since grade school (I am now in my late 30s).
I was motivated to explore poetry by kelbot's Smolzine:
I had a very short stint of getting into poetry back in junior high school. At that time I was drawing Tool album covers and writing overly dramatic poetry and sharing it with my classmates.
Just recently my daughter brought home a workbook from school that included several poems, all of which I greatly enjoyed hearing her recite.
I'm interested in exploring poetry as a creative outlet. I've taken a stab at longer form writing, and I like it; but I am not consistent enough to maintain it yet. The poetry I am interested in exploring is very short form, so I know I can complete any given poem in a single sitting. I'm also quite attracted to the constraints of different kinds of poetic forms and how they might spark my creativity. The two forms I am interested in exploring to start are Diamante and Villanelle.
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