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A poetry workshop on the theme of 'The 2 sides of me'
Now in her mid-twenties Caroline Bird published her first book of verse aged just fifteen. In this entertaining workshop she invites thirty teenagers to imagine the two sides of their personalities, and then write poems that describe their differences and what might happen if 'The 2 sides of me' were to meet or come into conflict. The result is a crop of poems, some funny, others poignant.
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