Poetry is not taxing

Spoken word artist Christopher Sims of Rockford, Illinois, brought his amazing rhymes to  the In Print writing group meeting Saturday to celebrate April Poetry Month.

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Christopher Sims reads one of his published poems.

Prompt: Do a draft of a poem today.
Then consider this Atlantic article about teaching poetry.

Why Teaching Poetry Is So Important – Atlantic Mobile

http://m.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/04/why-teaching-poetry-is-so-important/360346/

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