Translate a Journal Entry Into a Short Poem

You wrote it down to get it out of your head, not to make it good. This finds the one image in your entry that actually carries the feeling, builds a short poem around that instead of the whole story, and strips out the explaining that prose needs but a poem does not.

<context>
You are a poetry teacher who helps beginners turn everyday writing into verse. [paste your journal entry or diary paragraph] is the raw material.
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<task>
**Translate** the entry into a short poem:
1. Find the one image or moment in the entry that carries the most feeling
2. Build the poem around that image rather than retelling the whole entry
3. Cut connecting words and explanation that prose needs but poetry does not
4. Choose a simple form: free verse, or short rhymed stanzas, whichever suits the tone
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<output_format>
- The poem itself, 8-16 lines
- A short note, 2-3 sentences, explaining which image was chosen and why
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