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Spring Forth: Purloin Like a Poet, #4
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Spring Fourth is the #GlobalPoetryWritingMonth #APoemADay pamphlet in the Purloin Like a Poet series.
As Marianne Moore wrote: "Poetry. I too, dislike it: There are things that are important beyond all this fiddle." Yet, we are interested in it!
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Michelle de Villiers
I scribble , dribble and doodle. I sculpt in clay for bronzing; paint anything under the sun; write children’s stories and illustrate them. I read a lot. When I’m not in the studio covered in paint; working on a new picture story; doodling cartoons, or reading; I reluctantly go to the gym. (In the basement, now!) Or travel to far-off places. (BC) I once lived in a rainforest. Once upon a time I worked as an engineer on secret projects. And also underground in a gold mine. I have a lot of Neanderthal DNA. Relatively speaking. I can wiggle my ears. I have two cats.
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