Poetry Is Good For Your Brain

Okay. So I didn’t really do any research to back up that claim, but I’m going to go with common mom sense and say it anyway.

Why?

Because anything that gets a 7 year old thinking metaphorically and descriptively in order to write something after being given a topic is just super awesome.

It’s certainly different from doing math drills and pouring over grammar rules.  Right?

Poetry frees the mind.  For a kid, it’s a break from the norm.  It’s an outlet for expressing feelings without fear of offending, being wrong, or not being good enough.

In poetry, all feelings, thoughts, and ideas are valid.  Encouraged in fact – and are just yelling to be shared.

Who: Writers and artists, ages six-eighteen.

What: Original poetry and artwork inspired by the theme DREAM.

When: Submissions will be accepted on a rolling basis. As soon as we have enough content for a complete anthology, submissions will close.

Every writer and artist will be responded to, and everyone whose work is accepted will receive a contributor copy, because PUBLISHED AUTHORS need to hold their books in their hands.

How: Submissions should be sent to Galit (the series editor!) at galit breen @ gmail . com

More How: Submissions should include-

• The full text of the poem or a jpg photo of the artwork
• An author photo
• A two-three sentence “About the Author“
• And a permission sentence such as, “I (name of parent) am the parent of (named child) and grant permission for (title of work), created by (named child), for the Dreams vox poetica anthology to be published by unbound CONTENT.”