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Poetry Affirmations

Hello Poetteers, Turn your fears into poetry affirmations. I mentioned #PoetteerChat , you can find the summary to the specific chat on Storify . Stay inspired, Fida

Inspiration Behind Hugs & Kisses

Hello Poetteers, Three years ago I published Hugs & Kisses . To celebrate I want to share the inspiration behind the book. I get my inspiration from any and everywhere. My poems Strip Me and Let it Go are inspired by songs of the same titles. When everyone read my poem Let It Go they all thought of the song and teased me. I had shared the poem as a spoken word piece. I couldn’t get the song out of my head and it made the poem feel odd. You couldn’t think of the words let it go without thinking of the song. I feel the poem is different from the song. If I wrote it with more distance from the song, the comparison wouldn’t feel so heavy. It’s not always like that. The song Strip Me is not as popular as the song Let it Go and is an older song, so the song isn’t compared to the poem. With writing these poems I’ve learned to have patience in sharing them and be careful with your words. Show the difference and make it personal with your own story.  Has a song ever inspired yo...

How To Poetry Collaborate

Hello Poetteers, I write my own poems. At the end of last year, I started collaborating with other poets. In poetry collaborations, it all depends on the person and the topic. Whether your writing style is similar or different, is there compatibility? It's good if they write similar to you. It makes things easier. But there should be enough difference to challenge your writing. It makes you step out of your comfort zone, to write something else. With the poem collaborations I've done, I've seen you don't need full sentences. Most of the people I worked with wrote longer pieces and it challenged me to write long pieces. I usually keep my poems short. Other people keep their poems short, too, so I'm not alone. I got to see how a longer poem can make a story fuller and more personable. The typical go to when collaborating on a poem is that I write one part of a poem and the other person will the other half. You don’t always have to write like that. Maybe w...

Week Long Poetry Challenge

Hello Poetteers, I’m coming back from my hiatus a week earlier. I have a new set of prompts for you. There is another change to the poetry prompts. It’s phrases instead of words because with the poem a day challenge I saw how much I loved the challenge of having to include a specific phrase in a poem. I hope you enjoy the phrase prompts, too. Share your poems using #ShapeOfBeautiful . Get the Shape of Beautiful prompt bundle . Stay inspired, Fida

Haiku As A Stepping Stone

Hello Poetteers, In this video, I share how haiku can be a stepping stone to poetry. Fun fact: When I first got into poetry one of my first pieces was writing several haikus to be one long poem. I think that's where I found that poetry form wasn't for me but then being introduced to free verse and seeing it's my style. Stay inspired,  Fida 

Poem: What Is In A Name

What Is In A Name Your name is the love your parents have for you it is something you give life to be as strong as your name and live it up Your name has many meanings of what it is in another language it connects you to your homeland It gives others an image that touches their heart it gives you a love bigger than you Your name holds your heritage and culture it holds your heart it holds you. Stay inspired, Fida

Blog Hiatus

Hello Poetteers,  It's Ramadan and summertime! I have decided to take a two month-long break from blogging and  social media. I'll be back in August!  stay inspired,  Fida