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POETRY. I welcome you in.
Poetry. a full word.
What are your first thoughts when hearing the word “poetry”?
Is it Shakespeare or Langston Hughes or maybe someone else?
Is it Haiku or free verse?
Maybe the response is “I don’t read poetry because I don’t get it!” Or “I love poetry because I don’t always get it and the words and phrases sound lovely.”
Whatever you feel about poetry, I invite you…
POETRY. a good way to reflect on the resurrection.
Poetry. a full word.
Let us step in and explore the resting and presence poetry can unfold or unveil.
Listening and then just maybe writing.
I welcome you in.
A simple definition of poetry, or an invitation of exploration sounds like this:
Poetry—“literature that evokes a concentrated imaginative awareness of experiences or a specific emotional response through language chosen and arranged for its meaning, sound, and rhythm.”