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Poetry Revival

Hi everyone. Did you know that poetry is undergoing something of a revival? According to Susannah Herbert, Executive Director of National Poetry Day , one in 33 of all UK adults wrote at least one poem last year which amounts to about two million people writing poems, although presumably not all at the same time. That is nearly double the number that were writing poems in the 1990s. New platforms are emerging for poets faster than you can say “I wandered lonely as a cloud”, with the gate-keepers of the traditional publishing houses being sidelined in favour of internet groups, social media (especially Instagram apparently), cafes, You Tube, theatres, poetry slams and clubs. It seems that it has never been a better time to be a poet, so if you fancy joining the ranks of paper or performance poets, here are a few tips on writing poems that you might find useful. You don't need a publisher to be a poet 1.    Don’t feel you have to finish every poem that you start