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Poetry of Positivity 

In support of Cleveland Humanities Festival's 2023 theme of "Wellness."

The body and mind run on their input fuel. Life loads up our framework with baggage, and work must be done to purposely unload those burdens. Any size package or parcel, ranging from chronic illness to money troubles to stubbed toes, is capable of generating stress. Writing about these grievances can help us adopt new perspectives and process the past in healthy and forward-thinking ways.

Jeremy Jusek is the poet laureate for Parma ('22-'23). He earned his MFA from Arcadia University in Creative Writing with an emphasis on poetry. He is the founder and host of Poetry Spotlight, the Ohio Poetry Association's podcast. The author of The Less-Traveled Street and We Grow Tomatoes in Tiny Towns, Jeremy has run the West Side Poetry Workshop since 2015.