Reason # 22 POETRY & AWARDS
Over the years, I’ve been fortunate to receive a few awards, each marking a meaningful chapter in my life.
It is never about the awards - it is about the journey...
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Writing a poem is not merely the act of putting words on paper — it is a quiet excavation of the soul. It begins in stillness, often in a moment when the world around you slows just enough for a thought, an image, or a feeling to rise to the surface. Sometimes it comes with urgency, a need to shape something raw and formless into meaning.
As the words begin to flow, the writer becomes both sculptor and pilgrim. Each line chiseled from experience, memory, or longing is a small act of truth-telling. To write a poem is to pay attention — to the flicker of light on a wall, the echo of a childhood laugh, the ache of loss, the tremble of hope. It demands honesty, even when it’s uncomfortable. Especially then.
And in that process, something shifts in the soul. Writing a poem can clarify what was once confused, give voice to what was silent, and offer peace to what once stirred in chaos. It's a kind of inner alchemy — pain becomes beauty, confusion becomes insight, solitude becomes communion.
Sometimes, writing a poem is like breathing underwater — strange and miraculous. Other times, it is a struggle, wrestling language into form. But always, when it is done, the soul is changed. Not always healed, not always finished — but deepened, made more awake.
In the end, poetry is not something we write. It is something that writes us...
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