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Growing hurts sometimes;

saying goodbye to friends,

to things you've known and done

to things you wanted to do.

Growing heals sometimes

the shattered dreams and hopes

of a life you once knew

leading you to a new knowledge of yourself.

Growing is fun sometimes

meeting new friends

learning new things

making changes that feel good and moving on.

Growing is necessary always.

Without change there is stagnation

death instead of life.

To choose to live is to choose to grow.

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In The News:

The Guardian
Another plagiarism scandal hits poetry community
The Guardian
Assiduous digging by the online poetry community, led by the poet and academic Ira Lightman, then discovered that Morgan, a British poet and teacher, had lifted lines and phrases from a host of different writers. One of Morgan's poems, "Monkey Stops ...

Dallas Morning News
Faith Lutheran High School Student Places Second in Poetry Contest
Dallas Morning News
Sarah Denke of Plano, an 11th grader at Faith Lutheran High School, was recently recognized by The Mockingbird Chapter of the Poetry Society of Texas for her placement in the 42nd Annual Collin County Poetry Contest. This year's contest received more ...

Poetry Festival held at Cumberland Regional High School
Today's Sunbeam - NJ.com
Pictured (back row, from left), poets Stephanie Cawley and Charles Johnson join CRHS Language Arts teacher Bob Evans, poet Kevin Carey and featured poet Maria Mazziotti Gillan (seated) at the Cumberland Regional High School Poetry Festival on Friday ...

Making poetry accessible
Los Angeles Times
â€œI've thought about that and sort of reversed it,â€ William Stafford says here in response to an interviewer's question about when he decided to be a poet. â€œMy question is: 'When did other people give up the idea of being a poet?' You know when we are ...

London Book And Poetry Events: 23-29 May
Londonist
Thursday 23 May: If you enjoyed Luke Wright's interview with us, catch the show until Saturday, then Wednesday again at Leicester Square Theatre (7pm, Â£10 / Â£8). Poet / owner of best cameo appearance ever for I Give It A Year / comedian Tim Key, John ...

OUPblog (blog)
Getting to the heart of poetry
OUPblog (blog)
Oxford University Press recently partnered with The Poetry Archive to support Poetry by Heart, a new national poetry competition in England which saw thousands of students aged 14 to 18 competing to become national champion for their skill in ...
DELUCA: Poetry, in motionNiagara Gazette
My View: Poet laureate Rufus CollinsonGloucester Daily Times

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East Bay Express
The East Bay Poetry Summit Brings Poetry Out of Bookstores and Into People's ...
East Bay Express
The poems at the reading varied wildly: one poet riffed on the phrase "the possibilities are endless"; another touched on topics like Twitter, the Verizon Guy, and the actress Tippi Hedren; another reader nearly yelled her disaffected Occupy-tinged poetry.

Make Yourself Heard Through Poetry
Jakarta Globe (blog)
â€œPoetry is the grooves in the universe's arteries,â€ described Okka who spends her growing-up years in between three countries; Indonesia, Australia and the United States. Poetry, according to her, is about letting go of fear and letting the words come out.

Poetry contest under way
Holyoke Enterprise
Anyone who has ever written a poem is eligible to enter the Free Poetry Contest sponsored by Poetryfest, a nonprofit organization devoted to discovering new poets and helping them to achieve a wider audience for their poetry. There are 100 prizes to go ...

Boston Globe
Poetry slam fosters hope
Boston Globe
Like all the teenagers who participate in the Louder Than a Bomb poetry slam, now in its second year in Massachusetts, these students from Lowell's FreeVerse! team are learning to meet life's big questions head on, with bravery, enthusiasm, and a ...

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