The Poetteer

The Garden Through the window I see the morning dew  I feel your sunlight  the wind chimes and birds chirp  buds fill the branches  The morning spring light  nourishes the blossoming -  flowers and my soul  The breeze brings  the first fragrance  of freshly bloomed flowers  bringing vibrant colors to the earth  watching clouds float and shape-shift  perfect for bare feet and day dreams  I sit in silence, unmoved  two little birds were chirping loudly  playing in our garden  chirping to their friends  I hear their wings flutter and dance in the bird bath  the flowers you water pray for you  the birds you feed pray for you. Behind the Poem The poem wasn’t written in one sitting. It started as three haikus in response to some April prompts . In June I wrote a garden poem. I noticed one stanza had the same line as one of the haikus: " Enjoy the little joys  the breeze brings wind chimes and birdsong  watching clouds float and shapeshift perfect for bare feet and day dreams." I e

Hello poets, I've noticed people reading poems from male 'she' poets. It’s frustrating. Its tiring. Men plagiarizing women’s work. Men mistranslating other poets' work. Men writing about women’s trauma. They should not be writing about women's experiences. Men should not be writing about female trauma or beautifying mental illness. They can’t tell women how they should feel and deal with their mental illnesses and trauma. You can write dark pieces and about mental illnesses without "romanticizing" it and being harmful. Leave females to write about their own traumas and their own stories. Have you ever read a poem about their personal human experience? Do you notice who they refer to in their poems? If they never talk about their own experiences and always share someone’s else narrative it can be problematic. We shouldn’t be writing about a human perspective we haven’t experienced. We should control our own narrative and pass the mic to the other necessary

Hello Poetteers, Communication is vital. When hiring an editor here are a few things to keep in mind:  read their service page request a sample edit to see if we are a good fit discuss the kind of feedback you need and ask how they edit figure out and be clear about the payment plan. It varies between editors how they calculate the cost. ask how long will the editing take? (and their timeline. De clear if you have your own deadline.) be aware that there may be an up-charge for extra tasks.  Lastly, editors want to know the genre of your work and the length of your manuscript.  Stay inspired, Fida Message me when your poetry is ready to be edited and you're interested in working with me. 

Hello Poetteers, I decided to do a different and fun post for this week. I'm sure a majority of us including me have been listening to 'Folklore'. I love a really good lyric. It's relatable and up to the reader/listener's interpretation. I want to breakdown why some of the lyrics have become my favorite. cardigan:  "I knew you'd haunt all of my what-ifs"  Listening to this line I think of anxiety.  the last great american dynasty: "She had a marvelous time ruining everything." I love the change in POV. This particular line makes me think of loud woman breaking cultural and societal expectations. exile : "you're not my homeland anymore."  I love the two voices in this song. There is another lyric that I love the alliteration in but this particular line pulls at my heart because it reminds me of those in diaspora.  my tears ricochet : "I didn't have it in myself to go with grace." I think of my self doubts, overth