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Hello Poetteers, I'm a day late to the Muse Party but I thought I should still come. You can find the other guests here ! 1. Who is your muse (or character)? Tell us a little bit about him/her and why you brought them. My muse is love. Lately it has been between relationships with people, nature and oneself. 2. What are you guys wearing? Dressing up or keeping it casual? Right now we are keeping it casual I have on a beanie, kimono and jeans. My muse's is in a vest and jeans. 3. It’s a potluck! Did you bring something yummy! We pitched in and baked brownies together for all of you, enjoy! 4. Open bar! What are you both drinking (booze or otherwise)? Neither one of us are allowed to drink. My muse has the usual cherry coke and I have a raspberry lemonade. 5. Wallflowers or social butterflies? I'm a wallflower. My muse is in between. It tries to get me to be a social butterfly. 6. What song(s) will you and your muse sing for karaoke? Good question! Maybe 'See You A...

Hello Poetteers, A roof over my head a family to love friends to fall back on cats to cuddle memories to remember  worthy to remember  a past that changed me made me who I am a future to make me something more to look ahead on.  Love, Fida P.S. I'm also blessed to have be able to publish three poetry collections. Discover poetry, check out A to Z Poetry, Her Olives and Hugs & Kisses . 

Hello Poetteers, {Fun fact: What's Up Wednesday was based at least in part off of the Currently... post that had been circulating at the time. Thanks goes to  Katy Upperman   and  Jamie Morrow   for starting this up again so we all have a way to touch base now that WUW is no longer.} Loving My friends. Reading My latest reads were Lying Out Loud [Kody Keplinger] . I gave it 4 stars. Everything Leads To You [Nina LaCour] . I gave it 5 stars. The Wrath and The Dawn [Renée Ahdieh] . I gave it 5 stars. Watching Girl Meets World Listening to My favorite songs at the moment is See You Again, cover by Cimorelli and Fast Car, cover by Boyce Avenue . Thinking about Still, future events and projects. I'm looking for a couple beta readers for my upcoming poetry collection. Anticipating My upcoming poetry collection and upcoming events. Wishing For a love struck moment. Making me happy The birds and flowers. Love, Fida

Hello Poetteers, Laura A. Lord is the author of numerous collections of vignettes and poetry and one awesome children’s book about a T-Rex screwing up her entire day. It’s absolutely a true story. Laura’s work has been featured in The Beacon, The Collegian, Whirl with Word, Tipsy Lit, Precipice, Scary Mommy, The Powder Room, The Reverie Journal, and Massacre Magazine. Her newest collection, Of Roots and Wreckage, focuses heavily on where she grew up. Split into three sections, this collection explores the ideas of “roots” and hometowns, of people and change, of aging and death. Want to win a free copy of Laura’s Of Roots and Wreckage ? Enter Laura’s Goodread’s Giveaway Here ! Here is a selection from Of Roots and Wreckage: Orange Grove Society She kept the kettle, gray and chipped, on the back burner of the little gas stove full of hot water and the peels of six oranges, so that the entire house smelled like a grand march through the groves of her childhood...

Hello Poetteers, For this week's roundup this is what I found: Kaye shares the need for Muslim representation in books. Noor Tagouri did a TedTalk and it's amazing! I was featured on Laura A Lord's blog . Also, check out #useyourand ! Love, Fida Check out my book, A to Z Poetry

Hello Poetteers, {Fun fact: What's Up Wednesday was based at least in part off of the Currently... post that had been circulating at the time. Thanks goes to  Katy Upperman   and Jamie Morrow for starting this up again so we all have a way to touch base now that WUW is no longer.} Loving... The sound of thunderstorms. It is comforting (even though it can make you jump). Reading... My latest reads has been AN EMBER IN THE AHES by Sabaa Tahir, WRITTEN IN THE STARS by Aisha Saeed, and CHILDREN OF THE STONE by Sandy Tolan. A diverse list, of course. A fantasy, a contemporary, and a non-fiction. All three were amazing! Watching... I don't watch any TV, but if you see me in front of a screen its vlogs and  book tube.  Listening to... The album The Path by Raef, literally. It's on as I write this! Also, City of Lights by Kareem Salama. Thinking about... Future projects and events. Anticipating... Summer break and more ...

Hello Poetteers, In a month it will be JuNoWriMo ! "For those of you who are unfamiliar with JuNoWriMo, it’s a month long writing adventure in the style of NaNoWriMo, complete with word sprints and plenty of other writers to cheer you on. The goal is to write 50,000 in one month (1,667 words a day). You can write whatever you want. Fiction, non-fiction, the final 50k to something you started five years ago. Anything. We’d love to have you write with us!" I will be working on the same story I started to write during camp nano back in April. The story I'm working on is about a Muslim girl balancing her faith in her love for soccer and fashion design. Yet that might change into a new story with similar themes. We'll see where the months and planning takes me. Love, Fida Check out my book, A to Z Poetry