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Writing Poetry
What do you need to befriend a tree?
An open heart is a good start,
a sunny Saturday to laze away
beneath a crowd of leaves
chanting in the breeze,
eyes splashed with green,
fingers gripping boughs,
the sweet scent of living.
Time, really.
Time is all you need.
A poem is just as easy to befriend, and
it takes the same things—an open heart and
time. This chapter will teach you how to read
and befriend poems, and how to write your
own amazing poetry!