The Poetteer

Hello Poetteers, Earlier this week book bloggers participated in a Top Ten Tuesday where they shared their bookish bucket list and I thought I should do one for poetry, so here goes! 1. Write a poem in every format: see  here . 2. Publish a poetry collection (I self published two books, A TO Z POETRY and HER OLIVES ) 3. Be a professional poetry editor 4. Do a poetry book signing 5. Do a spoken word performance 6. Make a spoken word album 7. Have a poetry section on my bookshelf 8. Lead a poetry workshop (I co-lead one at a camp) 9. Meet some poets 10. Make a poetry short film What do you have on your bookish bucket list? What have you crossed off? What should I add to mine? Stay inspired, Fida

Let it go stop thinking of the past and how you can change it Let it go remove the layers of dark and see the light Let it go you don't have to be isolated with your quiet self see others still love you. Let it go it's okay to be upset distance is okay too if you come back Let it go let the fears and limits go see the strengths you have those weaknesses are strengths in disguise Let it go you are the universe and here you'll stand and stay. *Inspiration came from this poetry jam . Love and thank you, Fida

Hello Poetteers, The A to Z Challenge is coming back in April and it'll be my second time joining in! Last year I wrote poetry and it turned into a collection that I self published, obviously titled A TO Z POETRY. I'm still going to write poetry this year since April is also poetry month. You might have seen or not this tweet of mine: You might be wondering how I'll do all of that. My NaNo project is a novel in verse. I will be sharing alphabetical excerpts as I write the novel. I hope you enjoy it! Love and thank you, Fida

Hello Poetteers, Counting to D by Kate Scott My rating: 5 of 5 stars I would give this book more than five stars if I could. This is a unique story. A concept I think hasn't been done before. (I have not read a profound amount of books, yet). I'm glad she has a close friend that pushes her and another that reads to her. And I love her number tactic. I love all three girls and their little quirks. I love that she quickly found a group in her new school. I can't wait to see how this nerd group goes. I already thought Nate was cute. He got cuter when he accepted her dyslexia. And has a love for books and poetry. I can relate to him, me being the quiet one. I myself love poetry and puzzles. I myself am living with a learning/physical disability. This book spoke to me as it helped me relate and take advice. You may hide from the truth, but once you reveal it you realize who your real friends are and not many of them will leave you. I love her bravery. I'm a sensitive girl...

Hello Poetteers, What I'm Reading? I finished reading ELEVATED by Elana Johnson on Monday. My rating: 5 of 5 stars. You can check out my review . Yesterday I finished Learning to Swim by Annie Cosby My rating: 4 of 5 stars I started reading. It had no action, and was slow. Taking it's time to set up the story. For us to know the characters well. Then I got distracted, didn't even think of it, didn't rush back like I usually do. I picked it up again because I needed something to do. Like I said it was just introducing the characters. But bits here and there gave some action. Not until past the halfway mark. I guess that happens in a series but this is the first series I felt that, this slow. At halfway and after is when the relationships really started to form and give the action I wanted in a story. I can relate to her sensitivity. I love her bravery. Her want to travel. I don't like Owen but I do love her relationship with Rory. And the mystery of the old lady t...

Hello Poetteers, The book the characters the poetry it all made me hurt made me think relate to them. I know of isolated young ladies. and I like sensitive young men. I love the little things that happened. Like rooftop talks. Video games and cooking. I want more of their world. Inspired me to write made me think of my own isolation silence different, maybe similar I want to reach out help each other yet it does help me. Cry, smile fresh air to breathe a house a family and friends to love places to go and come back to thank you, Fida

I think two weeks after my second publication ( HER OLIVES ) is a good time to make some announcements. A TO Z POETRY in ebook is on sale at Smashwords for their ebook week. A TO Z POETRY in paperback is no longer being sold. BUT... It has the same poems, just a new format and like the title says, A TO Z POETRY is getting a new cover!! Scroll... Scroll... Thank you Heather for designing it! It's available on Kindle . And will be available in paperback next week. Buy new edition: CreateSpace | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Kobo Besides that I've been back to reading a lot! Dragonfly by Leigh Talbert Moore My rating: 5 of 5 stars I love all the characters and their artistic talents. I can't wait to read more! I kind of want Lucy and her (Anna) to become a better friends but for Jack to leave. But that's what makes the story interesting. I love all the little mysteries in the beginning and how a bigger one unraveled later on. Ahh!! Now I want to read the rest of the seri...