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A poetry workshop on the theme of happiness
Caroline Bird published her first book of verse aged just fifteen. In this energetic and entertaining workshop she challenges a group of thirty teenagers to create images and write lines inspired by the idea of 'happiness'. Caroline assembles these lines into 'one massive poem' which she then performs – the sort of poetry which, as she points out, 'you can only write when you’re young.'
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