Giving Yourself Permission to “Lie” in Your Poetry

It's poetry, not a peer-reviewed scientific article.

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[This article is syndicated with permission from The Poetry Lab]

As poets, we often use poetry to process or bear witness to the multitudes of human experiences. I am no stranger to autobiographical poetry — the subtitle of my book, Survived By is “A Memoir in Verse + Other Poems” — and even with…