A Memory of Poetry

We were in a trip

In a city of our relationship

In London, the British land

We were walking as planned

Then a rhyme appeared in head

"It was from a show," to my sister I said

So I liked the sound of a rhyme

It really sounded sublime 

So my sister and I played a game of poems

It was easy (not like knowing the meaning of MOEMS)  

I started writing poems in my diary

I started to write them on the computer without expiry

This is just the beginning of my journey in my creativity

I wrote all my poems with positivity

I entered a program that helped me sell my poetry book

It was such a success for (another talent) a cook

The rest, inshallah, will be history 

That’s it for now, one clue about my future, I like mystery...

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Abdullah Almoqbil is a 13-year-old poetry and cook in progress. The following is his interpretation of his poem:

 As told in the poem it all started in London. We were walking as usual, then, I remembered a rhyme from the ‘Arthur’ show, so I told it to my big sister then she started a poem game. It was really fun. It made me interested in poetry.

So, when we went back to the hotel, I took out my diary and wrote a long poem. To tell the truth, most of it didn’t make any sense, but I didn’t want to give up. My sister encouraged me, she wrote a short, but a very encouraging poem in my journal, all of that is just the tip of the iceberg. I recognized my talent in poetry, so I took advantage of it. I bought a poetry book, so I can know more.  I’ve always had stage fright, so I didn’t participate in any program. So one day my mom enrolled me in a program that helps you sell things, so I went there, and they were teaching how to sell products and the kinds of them: media, cooking, games. I make up my mind of what to choose, cooking* or media, so I chose media for poetry. I had to come to a meeting place so I can discuss with someone what am I going to sell, the program was about soldiers, so I made one poem about soldiers and many others about random things. At first, I chose one of the poems and illustrated it in the computer. I did it, and it was amazing for someone as me who knows nothing about illustrating. But then my mom had an idea so all of my poems can be included, my sister’s friend is an amazing illustrator, so she illustrated all of my poems. It became like any other real book. Yes, that’s how amazing it was! They were going to make me read my soldier poem on stage, but I refused because as mentioned earlier I have stage fright. Alhamdulilah (Thank God), it was a huge success selling the book. Well, that’s my story. (keep this, maybe I will become a famous writer inshallah and sell it, but you have to wait a lot for that I’m still 13).         

* As I said in the poem I have another talent I even have an Instagram account for cooking.