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[aschueler]

just jumping on to say hi!! I am pretty new to writing poetry but have a blog where I post my work. I find it very liberating to express myself in that way.

I am a 40 year old pastor and youth pastor. Also a student getting a Masters of Divinity degree. I hope to get a chance to get some help honing in my craft so to speak. Some friends say your stuff is good but you don't know until you have others look at it you know?  I would rather get some feedback before I think of doing anything else with my writing.

Hope to get published some day, was thinking of just self publishing and seeing where it goes, who knows.....

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Hi I´m new myself. I´m a medical doctor and dont really have a clue about writing. About 3 years ago, I had an inspiration to start writing and poetry seemed a good way to start. It´s a way of self-expression for me.
I hope to learn here and improve on my skill.

Just saw this.  I have been here since Nov, am another physician (family practice);  folks are friendly but ruthless about the art.  There are good resources throughout the website here esp to learn poetry forms.  

I think some of my interest came back after using EMR's with canned notes, I find I can't be as creative in writing notes as I used to (i.e., "a purulent wound sits on an exudative cellulitic base with a central necrotic eschar, where a lack of hair denotes decreased peripheral circulation" won't show up there)