Poems you don't have to be a poet to love

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Poems, literary excerpts, opinionated opinions.

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About Radically accessible poems

Meryl Natchez took a leave of absence in her Junior year of college and has been rigorously home schooling herself ever since. Her fourth book, Catwalk, received an Indie Best Book 2020 Award from Kirkus Reviews.

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