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BY CJ GIBSON<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FHSU is starting a new stanza with the naming of the school\u2019s first-ever Poet Laureate: Emily Linder.
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Linder is in her senior year at FHSU. After graduating from the KAMS program in 2018, Linder is majoring in English (Writing Concentration) and minoring in Communications.
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Linder
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In addition to her English studies and personal writing projects, Linder is also the President of Sigma Tau Delta, the FHSU English Honor Society.
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\u201cI know from my experience in KAMS that not everyone finds poetry very accessible or easy to understand. There’s so many different types of it too, that each person is going to have their own style and favorite forms,\u201d Linder said, \u201cSo I hope to start discussions about my favorite styles with people, introduce them to something they maybe never read or considered before, and to make poetry accessible to everyone.\u201d
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The FHSU Poet Laureate is a new position announced in the fall of 2020<\/a> that is designed to share poetry with the community through outreach programs.
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\u201cI’m extremely excited about the new Poet Laureate position and I feel very honored to be named the first in a long line of individuals passionate about poetry,\u201d Linder said in regards to her new title.
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Linder\u2019s Poet Laureate Mentor is Morgan Chalfant, an FHSU English Composition instructor.
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\u201cHe [Chalfant] is a great mentor and he always encourages me to try new things while supporting what I feel comfortable with when it comes to my writing,\u201d Linder said.
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Linder wants to share the mental health aspects of poetry that she expresses in her own writings with others during her time as FHSU Poet Laureate.
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\u201cI would describe my style as very \u2018stream of consciousness\u2019 centric, which means that a lot of what I write helps me process rough times in my life and intense thoughts or emotions I might be having. For me, poetry and mental health go hand in hand,\u201d Linder explained.
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Linder\u2019s works \u201cCrave\u201d and \u201cThe Sometimes Thing\u201d have been published as a part of the 2019 Kansas\u2019s Best Emerging Poets Anthology. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    \u201cBonsai\u201d is Linder\u2019s most recently written poem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Click the gallery images to read Linder’s poems.
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    While nothing is scheduled at this time, Linder does have some plans in mind for future events.
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    \u201cI hope to organize an activity for students and black-out poetry that can be done both online and on campus,\u201d Linder said. \u201cBlackout poetry is creating poetry from already written articles, books, stories, etc. and then blacking out the words you don’t want with a sharpie to leave behind the words you want to make your own poem.\u201d
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    Linder hopes to announce dates for her first poetry outreach events near the end of February. 
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    \u201cAdditionally, I hope to host two presentations this semester, one about song lyrics as poetry, and another regarding what exactly stream of consciousness poetry is as a style.\u201d
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