How Reading and Writing Poetry Makes You a Better Writer

Insights into reading and writing poetry

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Poetry is presumed to be the oldest of the literary arts. In its early form it was performed, sung or orally spoken. Basically, it’s a succinct and condensed form of expression using an economy of words to tell a story. A poem can be thought of as a slice-of-life or vignette. In terms of fiction…