This week I (Olivia) am featuring a poem by my good friend, Francesca Lambert. It's an acrostic poem, which means the first letter of each line spells out the theme of the poem. Francesca is a talented writer and I'm honored to be able to share her work with you! Spring is Here Spring's beauty, oft renowned Perhaps hides glories left unfound Rivers crystallized into stone Imprints of hooves left in gloam New-fallen snow, soft and sweet Gathers round the tenderly asleep In thi

I decided to try my hand at writing poetry, so I connected with some people who write poetry and asked them for tips on how to start. I got a bunch of advice from really helpful friends, including: read poetry try different styles it doesn't have to rhyme! meter doesn't have to be perfect you don't always need to be perfectly understood with the first read-through don't get stressed about whether it'll sound great just start writing it and see what happens So I took their adv