In a fleeting series of words, poetry can take readers from wry chuckles to sighs of regret, tears of joy to pangs of longing. The power of poetry — not just for poetry lovers, but for all audiences — is a message new Washington state poet laureate Elizabeth Austen hopes to share with people throughout the state.
Appointed to the position earlier this year for the 2014-2016 term, Austen plans to focus primarily on encouraging adults to explore poetry.
“I think that too many adults, they get into adulthood getting this idea somehow, often through their education, that poetry isn’t for them, and that kind of breaks my heart,” she said. “So I want to be one of the voices that offers another point of view on that.”
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