# @themainemag on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CUcsdmrr3Pe
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/14990135-themainemag-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2021-09-30T14:01:52.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Maine Magazine (@themainemag) — https://gondola.cc/themainemag

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“Poetry has been a great balm for me,” says Maya Williams (emmdubb16), Portland’s youngest poet laureate. “Everyone’s healing process looks different. Healing is nonlinear. But I appreciate how poetry ends up becoming so personal as a way to connect with other people.” To read more about Williams’ relationship with written and spoken poetry, click the link in bio.⁠
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Story: rachelmariehurn⁠
Photo: nicole_wolf_photography⁠
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poetry, loveme, healingwords, poetlaureate, portlandme, themainemag

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