No problem! Hope it is all going well. :-))

Well done on the award! :-))

Ahmed, 

I was reading these the other day and thought they might have meaning for you ... It is a few letters of correspondence between the poet Rilke and an aspiring poet, on what it is (and what is required) to be an artist and a person. You can buy them in a book, or they are here on the Internet :-)

http://www.carrothers.com/rilke_main.htm

 

Here is a quote from the first letter: 

"You ask whether your verses are any good. You ask me. You have asked others before this. You send them to magazines. You compare them with other poems, and you are upset when certain editors reject your work. Now (since you have said you want my advice) I beg you to stop doing that sort of thing. You are looking outside, and that is what you should most avoid right now. No one can advise or help you - no one. There is only one thing you should do. Go into yourself. Find out the reason that commands you to write; see whether it has spread its roots into the very depths of your heart; confess to yourself whether you would have to die if you were forbidden to write. This most of all: ask yourself in the most silent hour of your night: must I write? Dig into yourself for a deep answer. And if this answer rings out in assent, if you meet this solemn question with a strong, simple "I must", then build your life in accordance with this necessity; your whole life, even into its humblest and most indifferent hour, must become a sign and witness to this impulse.

Then come close to Nature. Then, as if no one had ever tried before, try to say what you see and feel and love and lose."

Smiles Kelly

Hi, how are you doing?

Will you be at the Party on the 26th of May as well? So looking forward to it :)

 

Christina

 

No problem. I used to write poetry when I was younger. I'll try and dig some out, but think I left them in Australia ... am not really any good ... but love to read and listen to others!

Here is the link ... http://youtu.be/jOv47njeLHQ to view it on YouTube. 

 

 

 

I thought you'd love this! Political, performance and poetry ... :-))

Hey! Thanks for adding me. I look forward to reading your poetry and learning more about what you've been up to since the soul exchange! Smiles Kelly :-))