Abee graduated from UCLA in 1994 with a degree in English. I think your writing depends on the expanse of your thoughts. The more knowledge you have, the more vocabulary you can pull from, the more experience you can use as metaphor. Papanicolopoulos says he understands the perception that poetry is only for English majors looking to graduate. That's lyric poetry, it moves you and if you want to be moved, if you want to grow as a person intellectually and spiritually, poetry readings are for you.
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