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Welcome back, Melissa. We missed you here on the Brave Writer podcast.

Oh, thank you. I missed you too. It's funny. It was only a little over a week, but I think you did three episodes while I was gone. So it feels like a long time.

Yeah, I know. And it was a weird week because I don't typically do that many recordings. And by the end, I was like, wow, this podcast, it's amazing.

But that's a lot of Julie to have to put up with. I really love when you're there. And I love the

insightful way you ask questions and respond to things. So, yay, glad you're back.

Yay. Well, I get to be like an audience member when I listen to the episodes that you recorded while

it was away. I'm very excited. That's how I felt when you did solo episodes. It is. It's kind of a

nice change of pace. Well, today, tell us what our topic is,

Melissa. Ah, well, Julie, this episode is going to air at the end of one of the best months of the

year, poetry month. And even though the poetry month is ending, poetry does not have to go out of our lives.

And that's what we're going to talk about. Are we going to share some poems?

Absolutely. Yes. Here's how I want you all to think about this. If you didn't read any poetry in April,

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