For over ten year, the poets of Writing Down the Music Of Your Life have met to hone their craft and discuss the art of writing poetry under the inspired direction of Doraine Poretz, an established poet and teacher in the Los Angeles area. The discovery of each writer's voice; the exchange of social, spiritual and philosophical ideas; the excitement of reading and responding to contemporary poetry; the pleasure of participating in public readings; as well as the affirmation of the artist's value in contemporary society have given the group its purpose and meaning.


If you're interested, you can participate in
Writing Down The Music of Your Life seminars, classes, reading and publications. Simply e-mail Doraine for more information. You can also find out about Doraine's poetry- in- the- schools program Poetry Power! by clicking the Poetry Power! link above.


Thanks so much for taking the time to visit. It's our pleasure-- and we certainly hope it'll be yours -- to offer you our poems.
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Play it first and I'll tell you what it means later.
                       --Miles Davis
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Writing Down
           The Music
                 Of Your Life