<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Dear friends and poetry lovers,<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Children are natural poets. They see the world in novel ways, often in fanciful and unselfconscious ways — “Daddy those lights are like tadpoles.” <o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">But, somehow, along the way, this natural capacity is too often discouraged: “Get serious, get real, grow up.” <o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">We learn to appreciate music by listening to music. We learn to appreciate film by viewing films. Likewise, we learn to appreciate poetry by experiencing poetry. <o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Rumi’s Caravan wants youth in our communities to experience poetry … and here are three ways you can participate:<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span style="font-family: Symbol;" class="">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></span>Invite someone under the age of 25 to join you at a Rumi’s Caravan event<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span style="font-family: Symbol;" class="">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></span>Buy a “Pay-it-Forward” ticket<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span style="font-family: Symbol;" class="">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></span>Contribute $10 or more to the Youth Ticket Pool<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Pay-it-Forward and Youth Pool tickets are distributed to selected schools and youth groups to help develop the next generation of poets and poetry lovers.<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">We invite you to join us in developing the next generation of poets and poetry lovers.<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">MORE INFO, TICKETS, and RSVP here: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/953091124775982/?ref=3&ref_newsfeed_story_type=regular&action_history=null&source=3&source_newsfeed_story_type=regular" style="color: purple;" class="">www.facebook.com/events/953091124775982/</a><o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in;" class="">Larry</p><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="F6DCD4F5-4215-40D1-B6D0-6A6D07CCB9D3" height="1234" width="798" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:E623E831-0BA7-432D-AA6C-9C846BA7B60D@gateway.sonic.net" class=""></div></body></html>