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Writing a Lemn Sissay-inspired four-liner

Let's start this post by saying that this is going to be a very short post compared to what I usually write here, and I know that it is a bit of a break from fantasy mapping tradition. So, I have been to a live poetry reading event with Lemn Sissay at the University of Suffolk on the 23rd of March, where at one point, he was reading out some of his four-line poems that he wrote in the Sunday Times bestseller  Let the Light Pour In . When I walked out of that session, I thought to myself, "let's write a four-liner about this event that mimics the action in Lemn's poems". So, to try and lighten up everyone's spirit going into the Easter holidays, that's exactly what I am going to do - write a four-liner that takes in as much of the event atmosphere as possible. Here's my take on this. Let the light pour in Let the imagination breathe in Laughter overcomes us And wisers become Tizers. Having written about Lemn Sissay's event in the most creative way ...