Poems and Poets

In quite a few posts in January this year, I apologized for a delay in responding to comments as I had been travelling for a few days. I had in fact, taken a few days off from school to attend the Jaipur Literature Fest with my mother.  The Jaipur Literature Festival is a festival where authors and writers from around the world come together to read, discuss, debate and introduce their works and ideas. As you might have guessed, it is held in Jaipur, India, although recently JLF has branched out to Boulder and Melbourne.  Today, I'll be discussing with you one of the discussions I attended, titled "The Page is Mightier than the Screen". Moderated by Chandrahas Choudhary, the discussion featured Richard Flanagan, Allan Hollinghurst , Neil Jordan and David Hare . All screenwriters and fiction authors of note, their literary knowledge shone through their witty remarks and questions.  I am definitely for this statement. However, this does not mean that I don't like ...

Hey everyone! It's Saturday- and if you hadn't guessed by the title of the post, it's time for another Saturday Snapshot*! This will be my last post about my trip to Chiapas, Mexico. This week I'll be sharing with you a couple of nature shots as well as two shots of border limits. We actually crossed into Guatemala from the border of Mexico for a brief amount of time.... *This meme is hosted by westmetromommyreads.com I just didn't want to leave this picture out!

Publication Date: June 7th 2011 Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy My Goodreads Rating: 3/5 Source:  Own Copy Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children was a novel that everyone seemed to have read. It had an interesting synopsis, a fantastical setting, and great reviews- so I decided to give it a shot and add my review to the thousands of others that are already out there! This book is about a sixteen-year old boy, Jacob Portman who finds reason to believe in the fairy-tales his grandfather, Abraham, told him when he was a boy. These weren't fairy tales with happy endings or even happy beginnings. They were stories of monsters and death and fantastic creatures. Jacob's parents had always passed it off as exaggerations of Abraham's life as a Jew in German Poland. Jacob had eventually dismissed them too. Somehow, with the death of his grandfather, these tales become real again.  This is not a self-help book. Nor is it a book about trauma and stress. It is not a n...

A shade of the Purest color marks  The top of our view Obscuring a glow  Of the happiest shade It sets a mood in the Top of our view Faded away by showers And washes, a light Version of the initial  Top of our view remains Sky, more than land Sky, more than water, Sky, more than the winds Is Enigmatic and bright -Poem Fanatic

Hey guys- it's Saturday Snapshot* once again! I'm back with more pictures of my trip to Chiapas, Mexico, but this time the pictures are about some of the churches and cathedrals we visited. Hope you enjoy and have a great weekend! (These pictures are coming to you thanks to my dad.) *this meme is hosted by westmetromommyreads.com

Scratches, slits, Buzzes, burns Constant noises, Blessed silences Creaking, loud for all to hear Whining, never stops,  For the animals fear, The sounds on the walls Blades move, weld, Destroy the existing Constant noises, With Blessed silences Like a microphone  Has been held to a bee That projects for miles around, "I'm here, I don't plan to leave". Constant noises, They're definitely worse Than music or even sounds Blessed silences, Evaporate within the minute -Poem Fanatic

Hey guys! I'm really excited to share with you that I'm signing up for a challenge this March. The Winter 2017 Comment Challenge is hosted by Alicia @ A Kernel of Nonsense and Lonna  @FLYLeF. The host blogs pair you with another blogger who has similar interests, and from there you are encouraged to comment on your partner's blog a certain number of times for that month.   I'm signing up for the March Challenge, and I intend to comment on my partner's blog 5+ times. I don't know who my partner is yet- I'll be assigned one at the end of the month, but come March we'll both frequent each other's blogs quite regularly. Maybe you can guess who my partner is? I heard about the challenge on westmetromommyreads.com . She'd participated in the summer challenge last year, and I was really eager to try it out. I hopped over to Alicia's blog, and was really happy to see that there was a Winter Challenge as well. If any of you want to sign up ...

Whirring, grinding, Murmuring, whispering, Chattering, Talking, Screaming, Yelling Loudly, softly, Noises, music Sounds, symphonies Mozart's melodies Ticking, clicking, Snapping, Wrapping, Crinkling, Wrinkling Crushing, Rushing Loudly, softly Noises, music Sounds of life Mozart's melodies -Poem Fanatic

Hey guys, I'm back with another reading update. I'm linking to bookdate.blogspot.in today, because she is the original host of this meme. I've been participating in the Kid-Lit/Young Adult version of the meme, but considering I've had just general fiction and non-fiction reads this week, I'm participating in the regular version. I (finally) finished reading "The Hollow" by Agatha Christie. Although I've been hesitant about reviewing Christie novels in the past, you can definitely expect a review of this one! It's very different to all her other novels. I'm currently reading "Ice Station Zebra" by Alistair MacLean. I wasn't a fan of one of his other books, but this one seems to be slightly more interesting. I'm also currently reading "Smoke and Ashes: The Story of the Holocaust", by Barbara Rogasky. It is a non-fiction documentation of various aspects of The Holocaust. I picked it up from the school library...

Hey guys- today I'm starting a new mini-series, and I'm using Saturday Snapshot* as my forum. I know that my last mini-series was only two posts, so I'm hoping to share some more with you this time! Once again, all credits go to my dad for these pictures. *Saturday Snapshot is a meme hosted by westmetromommyreads.com This time, I'll be sharing pictures of my trip to Chiapas in Mexico, home to the World Wonder, The Chichen Itza Ruins.

Right, turn, right, shift, Left, back, left, reverse Knobs and gears, machines, Parts and pieces Count down the numbers, Left for an expression Of art, love or thought Right, left, back and forth The gears will keep on turning

Publication Date: November 1st 2016 Genre: Young Adult, Romance My Goodreads Rating: 4/5 Source:  Own Copy I've finally got down to reviewing "The Sun is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon. This contemporary romance, about two incredibly different characters who attempt to get past each others' boundaries is a very interesting read. It's also quite a quick read, as it deals with heavy emotions in the colloquial style that is more common today. Natasha is a Jamaican girl who has lived in America since she was 8 years old. She is a strong believer in fact and science, and from experience, has learned that practicality outdoes passion, and that plans are better than poetry. She is most definitely not the type of person who falls in love- especially when her family is 12 hours away from being deported back to Jamaica.

Forces and currents, Of turmoil and storm, Streams of anger, Ages of wrath Isolate me in the center, Centered in my heart, The calmness flows Flows slower than the rapids Rapids that want me breathing But just barely, so barely  I'm almost dead, dead to  The world around, yet  Alive in the cruelest sense Sense the shifts from side  To side, that shift my mind From the focus of life Focusing my thoughts, Through torture that's nice,  On immaterial garbage Garbage that floats in the rapids Rapids that want me dead, Death by river, Current or stream Rapids shift, Rapids in my dreams -Poem Fanatic 

Hey everyone, it's time for another weekly reading update, that's co-hosted by unleashingreaders.com and teachmentortexts.com . I'm afraid I don't have much to report this week. I'd picked up " Tess of the D'urbervilles" by Thomas Hardy last week, but unfortunately I'm returning the book to the library. It's written in English of the "yester years" as they say, and I find it too taxing to read. If I can't find another copy, I might issue the book for the summer holidays. I'm currently reading " The Hollow" by Agatha Christie . This novel is about a murder with a seemingly obvious suspect.... that's never how it turns out, is it? I'm looking forward to starting " Ice Station Zebra" by Allistair MacLean. I'd read another book of his which I didn't quite enjoy, but this one seems to have considerably better ratings and reviews. What has your reading week been like? You can cat...

Hey everyone! Just wanted to inform you that I've signed up for two challenges this year. One as usual, is the Goodreads Challenge, that just tracks the number of books you read. I'd set my target at a 100 books last year, but missed it by 6 books. This year I aim to read 80 books I've also signed up for the "Travel the World in Books" Challenge, hosted by momssmallvictories.com . It aims to diversify the settings and milieus of books that you read. So far this year, I've read books set in three different countries.  This year, I aim to read books set in 15 different countries

Hey everyone, it's time to wind up my short mini-series on my blog about my trip to the Amazon back in 2007. Here are some more pictures* for you to enjoy, as a part of the Saturday Snapshot meme hosted by westmetromommyreads.com *These pictures were taken by my dad A canopy walk

Seize the time,  Time that is essential, To spread the messages of  Freedom and Fear Fear in the hearts of  The Free Thinker is, Freedom, In the hearts of those who Fear freedom 

Publication Date: September 16th, 2014 Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary My Goodreads Rating: 4/5 Source:  Own Copy Anyone heard of this title? I'm sure you must have. "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson is one of the most famous Young Adult books out there today. Not without reason though. Nelson explores the imagination of an artist, and writes without hesitation from the perspective of each character. She lets loss and faith seep into the page, but doesn't hold back on the joy either. Simply stated, "I'll give you the sun" is a novel to read.

Whispering, Wailing, Wheezing, The white blanket awaits, To coat the tips, the tops, The very beings that sit The wisps emerge, From an unknown location. Locations through these wisps,  Will remain unknown Whining, Whistling, Withering, A dull grey settles above, Below the above, The beings Are blind to the world they know. Knowing is different from seeing, Seeing is what makes a house a home The wisps flit in and out, Outside the blanket grows, Like a knitter, knits away The sheets themselves will go -Poem Fanatic