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Thank you for always supporting me, and I love you too :)
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With the first book, I Know All The Right Things To Say, I had to choose from a collection of poems that were written from the ages of 17 - 22. Out of those, I selected about 63 poems that represented different aspects of my life that were important to me at the time since the book was about me introducing my voice in poetry. So I broke them down into Life, Discovery, Love, and Justice, and chose the poems that I felt best represented each of those.
The process was a little different for Northside Cries and Lullabies. I wrote the poems and prose specifically for this book, keeping in mind the vision that I had for it. Also, whats different about this book is that I included a few collaborative pieces that I had written with other poets I met from different writing communities. -
I started writing for NC&L right after I finished I Know All The Right Things To Say (my first collection). The first book was more of an experiment. I wanted to see if I could actually put together a book of poems. When I realized I could do it, I immediately started to build up ideas for a second book. Basically, I've been writing it off and on since 2007.
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I would have to say vacation at the beach! I love the ocean.
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The nicest thing that someone's ever done for me was rub an ice cube over a mosquito bite to numb it so it wouldn't itch. Its the little things that say a lot.
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The power to heal people.
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NV Torres’s Bio
Open forum for questions about my second collection of poetry, Northside Cries & Lullabies (2010).
