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Release your inner bard There's no need to be averse to verse on Valentine's Day.(News)

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From: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
Date: 20070214
Author:Spak, Kara

Byline: Kara Spak Daily Herald Staff Writer

William Shakespeare. e.e. cummings. Elizabeth Barrett Browning. You.

Yes, you. There, reading the Daily Herald. It's Valentine's Day, so let's get with the program and write a poem of love.

Whether you're a wannabe wordsmith ready to rip open your chest and bare your beating, blood-filled heart or a procrastinator who needs to come up with something real big, real fast, a poem is a somewhat easy way to say I love you.

It's inexpensive, lasting and memorable, hopefully for all the right reasons.

Best of all, anyone ...

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