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October 10, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Freeing your life with words . . . (TPIB: poetry and writing crafts)

I never wrote a poem,At least one that I’d shareBut if I wrote a poemDoes that mean I won the dare? It seems like there is not enough poetry in the world today, if you ask me.  I have been doing poetry contests with teens in libraries for almost 20 years and each year, there […]

October 10, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Book Review: Tilt by Ellen Hopkins

Should the sun beatsummer too fiercelythrough your afternoonwindow, you can                                     slantthe blinds to temperheat and scatter light,sifting shadows this wayand that with a                                […]

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