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The greatest reason to write poetry is because it will make all of your writing better. I promise you.
Poetry gives you a deeper understanding of the language and it allows you to see your writing differently. Poetry enables you to express yourself and your ideas better.
Take Shakespeare for example.
Shakespeare began his career as an actor and a playwright. In the middle of his career, in 1593 & 1594, the theaters were closed due to the plague. During that time, Shakespeare began to publish poetry.
After these two years, Shakespeare went back to writing plays again, but something had changed.
Previously, Shakespeare had written mainly comedies and histories. After taking the time to write poetry, he wrote dramas and tragedies, like Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth. These later works are considered some of the finest works in the English language.
How my heart sings 
Dear Janet, so delighted you found this spurred you on.You never mentioned your poetry before…. and I expect you have other hidden talents.Hope it will be a good year for you.How things change and yet we are all connected to the earth’s core,Katherine with love
Thank you for this dear Katherine. When my daughter was here for the holidays we looked at a file of poems I wrote when living in Wales. I do need to get back to this….thank you so much for the reminder….and wishing you my dear friend a very healthy and creativity 2020. Janet XXX