The Poetteer

Hello Poetteers, It's time for my monthly recap! I look back at my goals I set in the beginning of the year and see how well I progressed.  Reading I read two novels, one poetry book and a non-fiction book. The poetry book is Lullabies by Lang Leav and you can find my review here . The Sister Pact by Stacie Ramey is a beautifully written story about tragedy and the life that follows after it. I love how art played a role in the story. The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin is by far my favorite book of the year, maybe of life. My non fiction book was Girl Code by by Cara Alwill Leyba. It is an inspiring read. I'm currently reading When We Collided by Emery Lord. Writing Before April came around I outlined a novel to write during Camp Nano. On the first day I looked at my outline and didn't like it. There were a couple scene that excited me and I worked on them. I reoutlined my story and it was decent but it still didn't spark anything in me. I mad

Hello Poetteers, Back in March I was researching about bullet journaling. In the simplest way bullet journaling combines planning, list making and traditional narrative entries. I have been watching BohoBerry 's videos and reading blog posts that I finally decided to try it. I started out by doing the monthly habit tracker. It really helped me to see where I'm at and what I need to do. Through her I was introduced to Tiny Ray of Sunshine . Both ladies had a gratitude log and it is by far my favorite and most inspiring spread I've seen and done. Through my own research I came to find the website, Page Flutter. In one of her blog posts she shared a narrative hack of splitting my index into two parts, one for everything else and the other for narrative entries. The most common planning log in the bullet journal is daily logs. I liked it but it made me feel constricted in my narrative writing. I finally saw some people do weekly logs. Most people I saw do both but I

Hello Poetteers, In this series I'd like to highlight my favorite poets. Lang Leav is an international best-selling author of Love & Misadventure, Lullabies and Memories. I recently finished reading her collection, Lullabies. It is filled with amazing poetry and stories. I don't have my own copy but I wanted to highlight the whole book. My Favorite Poems Wounded - I like that it covered the two types of wounds. Grounded - It is a sweet poem about birds and something bigger. Mixed Messages - It beautifully said the importance of communication. Acceptance - it's a reminder. Time - it holds so much truth. Where You Can Find Her Instagram | Website stay inspired, Fida 

Hello Poetteers, It's day 20 of NaPoWriMo! The prompt today is to write a Kennings poem. What is a Kennings poem? A Kenning is a two word phrase describing an object often using a metaphor. A Kennings poem is a riddle made up of several lines to describe something or someone. An example of a Kennings poem: Quilt Big hug soft kisses cold protecter Memory keeper stitched love. Stay inspired, Fida

Hello Poetteers, It's another week I share with you some of the blessings that has passed by me this past week. > I recently discovered sea salt chocolates. It is an interesting & aquired taste but if you find the right kind its very delicious! > The birds are chirping is my wake up song and as they constantly chirp through the day the cats stare out the window and get excited. > The sunsets have been catching my eye after passing by so many days without my attention. > I've noticed I'm on the my phone and the internet less. > My handwriting and creative work has been on a really good flow. stay inspired, Fida

Hello Poetteers, It's national poetry month and what better way than to celebrate it with an Instagram poetry challenge. I haven't found much poetry challenges on Instagram, so I thought to change that. This is my first time hosting an Instagram challenge. If you loving writing or poeming I hope you join us! This is a week long challenge that starts on Apr 16th. The prompts are up to your interpretation and creativity. You can repost my challenge graphic on your Instagram profile for reference, or download the prompt list PDF . Be sure to tag your poems on Instagram with #dailypoetrygram so we can all see it. Tag me ( @poetfida ) so I can leave some love.  stay inspired, Fida

Hello Poetteers, In this series I'd like to highlight my favorite poets. If you remember, a couple months back I highlighted the top ten poets you should check out.  I had the honor of getting in touch with Naveed Khan and interviewing him for you today. When and how did you get introduced to poetry? I've dabbled in poetry since I was a boy, but only as a means to really grasp what it really is. It wasn't until much later, in university, that I took the opportunity to really dive into studying it properly. Studying English in university, I had some freedom in choosing what area I wanted to focus on in my third and fourth year, and although slightly reluctant at the time, I elected to study poetry more thoroughly. At the time, I was convinced that I still did not understand most poetry well enough and wanted to learn more, and even after having done so I don't think I can comfortably say that I know everything. The world of poetics is so deep and vast tha

Hello Poetteers, Last week I shared with you writing shape poetry , a type of visual poetry. This week I'm continuing with that, showing you the other type of visual poetry. This kind of poem lets you enhance the meaning of words. Example #1 You can find the original poem on Instagram .  This is part of the first poem I posted on Instagram . As you can see it makes the poem look more appealing but it also may make you read it differently or add emotion and emphasis on the word and whole poem. You can find more examples here . Have you tried it out? Stay inspired, Fida

Hello Poetteers,  I have been writing poetry for a long while. It comes easy for me. I don't always sit down and tell myself I'm going to write a poem right now. If I'm feeling something it comes out naturally. I'll come from it with a pile of poems all talk about the same thing, maybe in the same way or a different way. If I'm feeling something and can't think of a way to express it I don't force myself to write it. There are times I have nothing. I have to sit down away from a paper because I don't want to think too hard on the subject. It may come out bad or good. Either really good or silly/ridiculously bad. Every poet, I'm sure, has a pile of bad poetry.  Sometimes poetry is a is a conscious thought and sometimes it is the unknown thoughts that come up in my poetry. Not all good pieces have to be hard to come up with. I'll start writing a line and then something else takes over. I may end up shocking myself with how good it is

Hello Poetteers,  It's another week I share with you some of the blessings that has passed by me this past week.  Finding a new song - There are so many songs out there talking about things I consider inappropriate, so to find a song that talks about something I believe in, it's the best feeling. The song I'm talking about is Golden by Zayn Malik . Gourmet homemade vegetable pizza. The feeling of accomplishment. Constantly surprising myself with the littlest things.  Lastly, I released a merch collection called Healing Heart. You can buy the merch here .  Stay inspired, Fida

Hello Poetteers, I've heard of shape poetry, but only recently tried it out. The name itself tells you what it is. It is a poem that takes on a form of a shape. Shape poetry is a visual result of what a poem is talking about. Ask yourself what is your poem talking about? Is it about a shape or refers to a topic concerning that shape? This poem is about loving myself. When you love yourself it feels like you have wings. This is what I attempted: This is another poem about loving yourself, so I made it into a heart. Shape poetry is only one type of visual poetry. Another type of visual poetry is that in your poem you can let specific words enhance their meaning. Enhancing the word will add emphasis and emotion to what the full poem is talking about. I can't wait to try it. You can find more about it here . Stay inspired, Fida P.S. So many of you love the poem, Capture It, I designed it for a magnet. It is now available  here .

Hello Poetteers, In this series I'd like to highlight my favorite poets.  If you remember, a couple months back I highlighted the top ten poets you should check out. I had the honor of getting in touch with the lovely lady behind ThePaintedLadySings and interviewing her for you today. FI: Hello PL! When and how did you get introduced to poetry?  PL: I remember the first time I was completely mesmerized by a poem, in which I feel was the first time I was properly introduced to the world of poetry. I was listening to a TED Talk by Sir Ken Robinson, who was giving a beautiful talk on education. At some point, he recited ‘The Cloths of Heaven’ by William Butler Yeats, and I was entirely hooked. FI: I'll have to read that poem! What is your inspiration behind your poems? PL: My hope whenever I write a poem is that a sense of hope, beauty and inspiration emanates from it. As such, I try to derive inspiration from this hope to write my poems. I also genui

Hello Poetteers, The poetry chain challenge was supposed to start today but because of technical difficulties it won't be happening. Instead I'll be bring back an old favorite series, Monday Blessings. > spring breeze > birds chirping > sound of rain > cat cuddles and sound of their purring > back to handwriting more > sunshine > flowers blossoming > reading and finding your favorite book of all time > productivity.  What are you grateful for this past week? Share in the comments below.  Stay inspired,  Fida