There is a fire that burns within each of us—a blaze that flickers through the darkest nights, a flame that refuses to be extinguished by the winds of doubt or the torrents of fear. This fire, it is your resolve, your determination, your unyielding spirit. …
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This blog post was initially an assignment for my poetry workshop class, and I’m excited to share it with my readers and audience. T.S. Eliot’s observation in his essay Philip Massinger—that “good poets make [what they take] into something better, or at least something different”—deeply …
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