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Kalilah Enriquez and Wilford X
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I can’t even remember when I first started writing poetry. According to my mother, I started writing creative fiction long after I learned to write. I know that as early as four I had ambitions to write for a living, and while I was encouraged to write, I was also told that it would never sustain me, and that I should write as hobby but concentrate on something else for a career.
Somewhere along the line, my little creative pieces began morphing themselves into poetry. I’ve always had an affinity for beautiful writing, the kind that touches hearts and evokes emotion in the reader; it’s the type of writing that I strive to produce.
For the most part, I write two different types of poetry: poetry that is written to be read, and poetry written to be heard. I’ve had the most experience with the first type, which I’ve found requires more precision. The second type I’ve only recently began to experiment with; the thoughts in this type I find are a more liberal expression of thought. It sounds conversational because it’s written the way we speak.
Essentially, I enjoy writing poetry because of the thought that goes into the words. When I write prose, I’m more concerned about getting the general idea and the story out. With poetry, I get to contemplate specific words, craft them as I choose, and put my idea in concise lines that, well, sound good.
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