Poetry Unit: Seize the day :)

Toward the end of the semester, Professor Brady introduced our final unit: Poetry.

Poetry keeps me grounded, and the poetry that I choose to read serves to calm me down. 

My personal favorite collection of poetry is titled Equatorial Sunshine by Wong Su Ann. 

Here is one of my favorite poems: 







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