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June 13, 2019: Dear Meia, You write because you have to, to live more fully, to share of yourself with the world and -- unintentioanlly -- come to realize it will respond. You write like it will help something or someone, maybe yourself. You write because you think you have a few thoughts that are of use or can do something or even if they can't that's okay too. You don't always like writing, but when you've finally begun you can feel things moving, on the page, in the heart, and it becomes a thing you don't want to stop. You write to think, to play, to let the words and space take shape on the page in a place that is easier and freer than anywhere else.

Excerpt from a letter to self written at Martha's Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing

About Meia

Meia (pronounced may-ah) Geddes is a writer, artist, librarian, and founder of Poetose.

Born in Hefei, China, and adopted and raised in California, she holds degrees from Brown University and Simmons University.

After graduating from college, Meia worked for a year in South Africa as a Fulbright fellow.

She currently is an MFA candidate and Teaching Fellow at UMass Boston.

Read Meia's artist statement.

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"...I squeezed in half a poetic thought this morning..."

"Geddes has a generous view of people, art, and nature, and it comes across beautifully..."
-Kirkus Reviews

Photo of Meia Geddes and Maggie Geddes wearing matching white t-shirts and purple dresses, smiling.

Meia Geddes and her mother and an aloe vera in the background because how awesome are those