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       When I think of poetry the old faithful "roses are red" rhyme comes to mind. When I was younger I used to write poems a lot. It was just something I liked to do (but I certainly wasn't a pro at it by any means). My mom is an excellent poet by my standards :) and she is the one who got me to write a few. I was about 10 when I started writing. Most of them are about funny things and some I wrote about God. I always get tickled when I read back over them because the only thing that made them an actual poem was that the lines rhymed :). Sometimes they didn't even make sense :) I wrote A LOT of "roses are red" poems. When I think of poetry this always comes to mind. What is so great about the "roses are red" poem is that you can write it about anything: like..... "Roses are red, Violets are blue, you look like a monkey and I do too!" Ha ha, well I told you I was not a pro at this :). So I will leave the poetry writing to my mom.
       I also think of music when I think of poetry. Music is poetry and it always will be poetry.  It has the rhyme schemes that a poem does. Music is words put to sound and melody. Most poems are made into songs or the artist wrote a poem and decided to put some sound to it. I love music so therefore I love poetry. I think of poetry as a way to let your feelings shine through. It is a wonderful way to tell someone how much you care. When I think of poetry I think of Honesty. Poetry is writing down what is truly on your heart.

 

Breathe-in experience, breathe-out poetry.
Muriel Rukeyser