How poetry became my favorite hobby

Primarily, I would like to say how I understand what a hobby is. Based on my perspective, a hobby is something you enjoy doing, it brings relief to your body soul and mind for example there are people that like cooking but some people do it as a hobby since you must have talent to call it a hobby then you won’t struggle to get it done. What am I trying to say?  All I am saying is that you should not call singing a hobby if you can barely sing the simplest lullaby for a child and that is why I can call poetry a hobby. As such, many people are amazed by the art, intrinsic pleasure poetry brings and for that reason I love it too bits. Taking everything into account, according to Amanda (2013) poetry can be dangerous especially beautiful poetry because it gives the illusion of having had the experience without actually going through it. I absolutely agree with her because once you have written down your feelings and thoughts, it is as good as done for writing alone is creation.

I am that which you call good, friendly, respectful, I believe I have a good sense of humor in the sense that I always try as hard as possible to put the desires of others before mine. I am a smiley person- I always seem to have a smile on my face even on terrible days it is inevitable to my heart and mind. I try as much as possible to be myself because if I am not being myself I am literally trying to be someone else which in turn makes me an nonexistence person , I do not compromise however, I have a tendency to say harsh things in a good and friendly way just for the next person’s peace of mind . I do not like facing reality: it takes me back to stage one in terms of my development as a girl and in terms of my happiness it makes me depressed. I love expressive songs like country music to me country songs always have a message behind it, it speaks to my heart. I believe life is not about how happy and lucky you are until everyone else around you is happy because if these people are miserable they are going to make your life miserable for that’s what they represent as such people have a great influence to your life.   

Poetry became a hobby to me in the darkest moment of my life, I remember I had a huge crush on this phenomenal guy, he was my first love and I thought gosh! It’s so hard for me to stand in front of him and recite some lines and at that time I was a very timid girl and putting him in the picture would make situations worse, that’s why I took writing poetry as my pleasant option. However some say I had been quick to fall in love: things did not work out well and letting all my frustrations, anger and disappointment was the only way I could get better. As such, I could express how I feel on paper and by coincidence in poetic form. Day by day I became better and I actually started enjoying my own poems, I would spend hours alone in my bedroom, just writing and that’s how poetry became a hobby. I spend a lot of my free time composing poetry and sometimes I would recite my poems at church events example: Easter weekends, mother’s day and Christmas. Moreover people really do enjoy my work which makes everything else easier.   

Poetry represents the fact that I have found my purpose. It takes me to a world no one has ever imagined and therefor I can run to this place when I am sad because it is basically my other friend, for through poetry I can let all my feelings out it is like having a priest you can go to when you want to confess and after all the crying and motivation you get from him, you actually feel relieved and refreshed and that is what writing poetry does for me. Most of my poems that I write during my free time are special in the sense that they all represent my thoughts and feelings during that period. In addition, I mostly tell people that if you have read one of my poems then you have taken a step into my life because they all reveal me.

To sum up I would say, it does not matter whether your hobby is dancing, sleeping or painting, what matters is whether it benefits your soul or not.

Reference List

Amanda. (2013). 50 powerful quotes about poetry: Poetry quotes. Retrieved from http://wordsdance.com/

Hugh, E., &Fulkerson-Dikuua, KJ. (Ed). (2015). Language with technology. Windhoek, Namibia: Centre for Open and Lifelong Learning, Polytechnic of Namibia.