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Hi.

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Thank you, so much.

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It's a real thrill to be here.

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But first of all, you guys--

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wow.

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How good are they, seriously?

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I work with Renée on Poetry
Out Loud just about every year,

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and this is really
a highlight for me.

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It's just so amazing to
see the incredible work

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that you are doing and
the incredible support

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you get from your community.

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All the teachers, friends,
parents, siblings, coaches,

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thank you, guys, so
much for what you do.

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It's fantastic.

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Let's hear it for you.

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So I'm going to read
for a few minutes.

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And it's Valentine's
Day, and I caved.

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I did pull together a set
of love poems for today,

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but I am construing
that very broadly.

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And as I was pulling
together this set,

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I discovered, of course,
that it's a very big subject.

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It's a complicated subject.

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It's a terrible subject
and a wonderful subject

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all at the same time.

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And so I felt like, for
this particular setting,

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I would put together
a set of poems

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that attacks the
subject in short bursts

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from a lot of angles.

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So here is a series
of short love poems.

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Happy Valentine's Day.