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In poetry, Kylee Crisswell finds voice and freedom to create

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Kylee Crisswell

By Becca Benson, Frederick (Oklahoma) High School Passion and creativity are just two words to describe the vastness of 17-year-old artist and journalist Kylee Crisswell. Kylee is an innovative and artistic person. She has a specific passion for poetry.  She both reads and writes poetry and is currently trying to be published.  “I’ve written over 300 poems. And I want to do a collection series with that,” Kylee said.  She said that poetry isn’t just reading and writing, it’s also performing. Performance is something she really loves.  “I like the expression of it,” she said. “And I feel like even…

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