HOW TO DEAL WITH STAGE FRIGHT
Imagine the judges
watching you
are donuts.
You can have a bite
after every word
of your poem
or every step
of your dance.
—from 2023 Rattle Young Poets Anthology
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Why do you like to write poetry?
Lindsay Lin: “I like to write poetry because I can explain my thinking in a different way than others. I want to be an author in the future.”