Using Poetry Even If You're Not a Poet--What Poems Do for the Creative Brain
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I'm only a marginal poet. I've had one poem published and written maybe ten others, kept in a drawer. But I love reading poetry. It does something weird and wonderful to my brain.
In honor of Bob Dylan receiving the Nobel Prize for "having created new poetic expressions," I wanted to share this poetry experience and an exercise for this week.
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