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Young Writers Society


Leahweird

About Leahweird

Leahweird has been a member of the Young Writers Society since Apr 24 2008. They have made 823 posts and 136 reviews. Please take the time to welcome them to YWS!


Interests

Reading and Writing, obviously, as well as singing, and history.

Occupation

Librarian


The idea that a poem was a made thing stayed with me, and I decided then that I wanted to be an artist, not just a diarist. So I put myself through a kind of apprenticeship in writing poetry, and I understood even then that my practice as a poet was deeply related to my reading.
— Edward Hirsch