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Lesa lives outside Houston where she is a writer with Writers in the Schools. The main thing to know about Lesa is that she is a daydream believer.

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A Diet of Poetry

In my last post, I wrote about using poetry in my creative writing classrooms, and how that changed my fiction writing. In this article, I will share an example of a poem that can be used for tightening up one’s prose, developing a character or setting, or simply for having fun. It’s called a cinquain. Cinquains are five-line poems, there are several styles to choose from. Some use rhymes, some re Read more of this blog post »
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