1 . Writing poetry is a way to express emotions without directly stating what you are describing. Writing poetry for the first time can be challenging, but there are so many ways to start and finish a poem.     1    . People like Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allan Poe and Robert Frost all changed the way people understand and write poetry. Look up some poems by famous writers to see what you like and what you don’t like.

Keep in line with your emotions.    2    .You can easily put emotions into your poetry if you understand what you are feeling throughout the day. Try to note whenever you are feeling a strong emotion and what made you feel it.

Decide on a theme for your poem. A theme is your topic and your opinion on the topic.    3    In order to create a theme, you have to explain your opinion on what you are writing about.

Use rhyming (押韵的) words if you’d like your poem to have rhythm. Some poetry uses rhyming words at the end of each line or every other line to create a flow. If you’d like to use rhyming words in your poetry, try to insert them as you write, instead of thinking of them before you start writing. For example, a poem could use rhyming words, like seen, clean, mean and glean. Feel free to use rhymes in your poetry!    4    .

Don’t feel like your poem has to be a certain length. There is no limit as to how long a poem is. Some are a mere sentence long, while others are paragraphs long or even the length of a novel. It all depends on when you are satisfied with your work.    5    .You can work your way up to longer poetry over time.

3 . Only days after a British publisher came under fire for edits made to Roald Dahl’s children’s books, the Telegraph revealed that James Bond was getting the same treatment. Just as Dahl’s books would be adjusted to remove language that today’s readers believe offensive, the estate (遗作) of Bond author Ian Fleming has conducted a sensitivity review before an upcoming re-issue of the spy novels.

It’s hard for anyone to argue in favor of the language in question — in Dahl’s case, offensive terms relating to race, gender, weight, and mental health have been rewritten; in Fleming’s, language describing Black people has particularly come under the microscope.

The review was conducted with Inclusive Minds, an organization that works with the children’s — book world to support diversity and inclusion. The group told TIME they “do not write, edit, or rewrite texts, but provide book creators with valuable insight from people with the relevant lived experience that they can consider.”

Some critics, like Suzanne Nossel, CEO of PEN America, have argued that Dahl’s work should stand as it is. In a Twitter thread, she wrote that the “problem” with rewrites “is that there is no limiting principle.” And Booker Prize-winning author Salman Rushdie wrote: “Roald Dahl was no angel but this is absurd censorship (审查制度).” Also, Penguin Random House announced it would continue to publish “classic” versions of Dahl’s books alongside the revised versions.

Yet Karen Sands-O’Connor, a professor of children’s literature at Newcastle University, says there is a precedent (先例) for rewriting texts — and a reason publishers go to the trouble. She says they have three choices: stop publishing the work and lose money, continue publishing the original texts amid controversy (争议), or tailor the texts to today’s audience. Sands-O’Connor says the third is the “least problematic option” — but an even better approach is discovering new and exciting authors. “The books are out there,” she says, “people just need to look for them.”

Zhu Yanjun, 50, is the runner-up of the 2023 Chinese Poetry Competition.     1    (graduate) from junior high school in 1992, he stopped his schooling and left his hometown,    2    village in Jingning county of Gansu province, and began to work as a migrant worker.

Over the past 30 years,     3     he was busy working during the day, he kept on spending his spare time pursuing his passion for poetry. This year, he finally appeared in the Chinese Poetry Competition and won the second place, leaving the audience     4    (impress) with his talent.

Zhu’s     5    (enthusiastic) with poetry runs through every aspect of his life. He worked in more than 10 cities, yet wherever he was, he went to local bookstores and took a notebook with     6    (he) in order to copy poems. Over the years, he     7    (read) thousands of poems and can recite more than 1,000 of them.

In March of this year, Zhu Yanjun got a chance to work at the cultural center of Jingning County,    8     gives him more time to explore     9     is behind the poems. Zhu wishes to inspire more people around him     10    (explore) the beauty of reading.

6 . Perhaps you have been writing poems for a while now.    1    What about taking the next step and sharing your work with a larger audience? Here are some tips on how to get started.

●Find the market.

    2     It means those readers wanting to read your writing or a publication interested in receiving your submissions. Your school’s literary magazine, your hometown newspaper, poetry websites are all great places to start submitting your work.

Another way to get your poems into print is by entering contests. Contests can encourage you to write about new subjects and try different poetic forms. This does help a lot for more chances.

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If you want your poetry to be considered seriously by editors and contest judges, take their rules seriously. Be clear about all the requirements.     4     And double check for spelling, punctuation and grammatical errors to make sure that you offer the best version. Doing these, you’ll be ahead of the game.

●Keep good records.

Start a loose-leaf notebook containing all your poems. Every time. you submit a poem, note down the date, the market and the outcome of the submission. You can also make a document that tracks all the poems you have submitted on a laptop or smartphone.

●Don’t give up!

Every poet must get used to rejection. Your work is probably turned down. But it’s not a shame. Instead, it can be taken as a fun experience. It is a part of the publishing process, especially for beginning writers. Don’t stop writing or submitting!     5    

7 . Art and magic often go hand in hand. These four new releases explore the magic of the arts and art of magic.

Indigo’s mom used to be a celebrated artist. Finishing the painting series — Wolfwood, which shows four teenagers in a terrifying jungle, can make her famous and wealthy again, but she is unwilling to. Desperate, Indigo begins working on the paintings herself, but soon she realizes there’s a horrifying reason why her mother stopped painting Wolfwood.

Twins Chris and Clem’s family once ruled over the magic world in New Orleans until a horrible incident ended that forever, and since then the family has suffered and Chris has sworn off magic. Then they discover their mother is being slowly killed by a curse (诅咒). The twins begin to pick apart the secrets and lies, and realize the only way to make things right is to fight for justice.

Joan Sands has a special bond with metal. She uses her powers to help her goldsmith father in his workshop and to tend the stage weapons used by William Shakespeare’s acting company. When some evil powers flood London, Joan discovers she may be the only one to stop them and that she must decide how to protect the people she loves.

In a world where anger can grow into curses, you might end up turned into a frog. A boy named Kellen can unravel (解除) your curse, setting you free. With the mysterious power, he tries to right the wrongs with his companion Nettle, which in turn made himself cursed. So they must go into the unpredictable wilds to seek out the truth behind curses once and for all.

8 . Born in 1926, Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary was not originally chosen for the special position. However, that changed in 1936, when her father’s brother Edward Ⅷ gave up being the king and her father, George Ⅵ, took his place as the king. Suddenly, the 10-year-old was the heiress(女继承人).

Elizabeth’s royal(王室的)duties didn’t stop her interest in technology. During World War II, the princess wanted her father to allow her to do something for her country. Her father finally agreed to let her volunteer for the British Army, where she became a driver and trained in auto mechanics.

It was a pioneering move: Not only was she the first member of her family ever to serve in the military, but the sight of a woman taking apart engines and changing tires signalled a sea change in social and gender roles that would continue throughout the future queen’s lifetime.

In 1952, Elizabeth became queen of her country upon her father’s death. Her rule was modern from the very start. The new queen’s birth had roughly happened at the same time as the development of television, and during planning for her coronation(加冕礼)she broke with tradition and allowed the BBC to broadcast the event over live TV. It was the first coronation ever televised, and it literally created must-see TV.

Elizabeth came to power as the atomic age kicked into full swing, and she helped introduce the nation to those nuclear advances. In 1956, she opened the world’s first complete nuclear power station, Calder Hall. But the technology came with risk: The next year, a reactor at a nearby nuclear power plant, Windscale, caught fire, which was Great Britain’s worst nuclear disaster.

The queen also launched live broadcasts of royal addresses and permitted royal use of the Internet. Besides, she was one of the first people to ride through the Channel Tunnel, the undersea railway linking Britain to the rest of Europe.

The 2023 Pulitzer Prize (普利策奖)    1    (compete) for Books is now open, and    2    (include) a new category for a distinguished memoir (回忆录) or autobiography by an American author.

The Pulitzer Prizes for books are awarded    3    works in Fiction, U.S. History, Biography, Memoir or Autobiography, Poetry and Nonfiction.

    4     (previous), memoirs and autobiographies    5    (judge) in the Biography category. Many have been finalists in the category    6    have won the Prize.

“Memoirs and autobiographies are flourishing,” said Marjorie Miller, Administrator of the Prizes. “    7    the Pulitzer Prize Board considering them alongside biographies and other nonfiction for years, they felt it was time for each genre (体裁)    8    (have) its own prize category.”

The new Pulitzer Prize category will be for a distinguished and factual memoir or autobiography by an American author.

First awarded in 1917, Biography is one of the    9    (origin) Pulitzer Prize categories. It will now be awarded for a distinguished and appropriately documented biography by an American author.

This year, the criteria for entry in all categories remain the same: To be eligible,    10    (book) must be first published in the United States during calendar year 2022, and authors in all categories except US. History must be American citizens.