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How to overcome performance anxiety with poetry

I got accepted to read at an open mic and practiced for weeks but when I got there I could not make myself go inside and I drove home instead

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The fear of public vulnerability prevents the completion of the creative act.

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“Where Are You with Poetry — the oldest creative form?”

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