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1/10/2019

From the Drivers’ Seat: Can I be a poet too?

I wrote the following short verse poems and haikus during my shifts as a bus driver in December 2018. In 8 hours, my longest break was nine minutes, but the busy schedule meant I often didn’t even see that. Playing around with words in my head while stopped at red lights or long stops loading Continue readingFrom the Drivers’ Seat: Can I be a poet too?

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