The beginning of my journey as a poet
Since I found my old books of poems, I went back on a trip down memory lane to when I had first started writing poems. I had written about it in a blog post a few years ago, The post received received so much love that I decided to repost it again. So here it is
How the magic began
A long time ago, a young girl turned 13.
“A great age to be,” everyone said.
“What’s so great about it?” she wondered, “I am the same….no change from 12 and a half to 13.”
“Oh, you don’t know,” they said. “13 is a magical year! Things happen!” they whispered mysteriously.”
But the girl shook her head and smiled. She knew all about false hopes and broken promises. And anyway, magic never happened to ordinary dull girls like her who couldn’t even get up the courage to speak for themselves.
No, magic happened to Sabrina, her sister. Even her name was magic, like the teenage witch. Sabrina had been born on a full moon day, fair with hair flowing down to her shoulders. Till date her hair had never been cut.
But as for herself, she had been born dark and ordinary….just a baby girl…no magic…nothing extraordinary.
But true magic was her youngest sister…Janice…the cutest baby with the most adorable dimples and huge melt your heart brown eyes.
Looking at the baby, suddenly words started forming in her mind and joining together, they created magic….A poem…..a perfectly magical poem
The words arrived….tumbling over each other…from some unknown place…. forming new sentences… ….creating a picture…as perfect in her mind as her little sister!
The words flowed on and on and continue flowing till today, bringing with them admiration and applause.
Yes, that day I discovered my own magic, the magic of writing!
Of course, since that day,I have written hundreds of poems. I finally got some published in my book “Who Shall I Be Today”. This is a book about a woman’s journey. Her joys, her fears, her smiles, her tears. It’s a wonderful gift for any woman for Women’s Day. You can buy it for your friends and even yourself here.
“I loved how every poem en captures emotions and the words define it beautifully.
I almost thought it was a poetic version of the famous Chicken Soup series. Easy to read and re-read, something that could be gifted to your friends and daughters.
I also liked the laid back simplicity of some poems like – where is the time?
If you’re looking for a light poetry read, but something that makes complete sense. I totally recommend this book.” Review on Amazon