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Love-A-Thon: Book Spine Poetry

Hello Poetteers, 

It is another day of LoveAThon challenges. This morning we have to come up with some book spine poems. 
Rose under fireburned into cindermy name is memory.  Out of the easyand between shades of gray say what you willevery last word.  Her treasuresare written in the starsbecause every soul is a star.
I had too much fun with this. I hope you enjoyed this! You can find more poetry hacks here. My poetry book, Her Treasures, is available here. 
Thank you, Fida 

Love-a-Thon: Mix and Match

Hello Poetteers,

I love reading and writing stories. This challenge is to combine that with a non-bookish passion of ours. My recent passion is calligraphy. I'll be sharing books with typography that drew me in.

It shows the expansive-ness of what the word means and what the story is. I love the simplistic style and the different sized lettering. It puts the model in the center. It's all pointing towards her.  It is simplistic but puts emphasis on the point of the story.  It is enchanting like the story itself.
I love that the title is able to make a shape out of itself. This is another title where emphasis is put on the word that seems to be the theme of the story.  I just love this one. It's simple, big and bright.
It stands out from the background. It goes with the story.  The arrows pointing to the title is what adds to the cover. It will still look good without them but it just shows the goodness. If that even makes sense. 
With that, what books have typography that stood out to you?
Love, Fida

Love-A-Thon: Introduction

Hello readers,
Hosted by: Alexa (Alexa Loves Books), Cee (The Novel Hermit), Hazel (Stay Bookish) & Mel (The Daily Prophecy)
I'm Fida Islaih. I call my readers Poetteers. It was inspired by my love of poetry and having the title three musketeers stuck in my head. I was part of a collaboration blog where I shared my poetry once in a while and the people I collaborated with pushed me to have my own blog. My blog is currently titled Hugs and Kisses of Poetry because I write poetry and that's how words make me feel. I even have a poetry book titled, Hugs & Kisses.

I mostly read and review contemporary YA. I'm slowly getting into fantasy, etc. I'm excited for more books by Sarah J Maas and Marissa Meyer. One book I wanted to but didn't read last year and will try to read this year is Susan Abulhawa's The Blue Between Sky and Water.

I really love book and stationary shopping, shopping for clothes would be next. There was a TV series called Little Mosque on the Prairie, I want more TV shows and books similar to that. Two books that come to mind that I want more of is Does My Head Look Big In This and Bestest. Ramadan. Ever.

Other than that, my dream library would have wall to ceiling shelves and big windows that could be window seats along with regular big comfy chairs. Maybe it would even have a tea and snack bar.

Love, Fida

Poetry Hacks

Hello Poetteers,


This is for my own reference in the future but you are welcome to read on and check out the links.

1. Look at the books on your shelf or side table, does it sound like a sentence or unintentional wordplay? Write it down. Rearrange the books to make the poem and take a picture. Maybe even share it on #bookspinepoetry.

You can find more here: Poetry Writing Hacks.

You can a different kind of hacks to improve your poems here: Poetry Editing.

Thank you,

Fida

P.S. I have a new poem on my Instagram page for you, read it here. 

On Repetition in Poetry

Hello Poetteers,

I love repetition in poetry. Here is the top five reasons why:

Emphasizes on an important or just specific pointBrings a poem in full circleIt's a transition pointWith one sentence in two different stanzas you can show opposite directions It looks prettyDo you agree with the reasons I gave? Is there a reason I didn't mention that I should know of?
Thank you,

Fida

Books on Your Syllabus: Poetry

Hello Poetteers,
I did a similar post a few months ago and I enjoyed doing it I decided to do it again but this time a bit differently. The prompt is what books would be on the syllabus if you taught (book genre). My class would be on poetry.
Week 1: I'm a published poet, so we would have to highlight my work.

Week 2: We would look at poems by Tyler Knott to study haikus.

Week 3: Our next read would be Poisoned Apples because it mixes fairytales with feminism.

Week 4: We have to take a look at Shakespeare and study the sonnets.

Week 5: Another classic poet we should study is Edgar Allan Poe.

Week 6: We took a look at single poems, now we have to transition into novels-in-verse. For that, we would study Ellen Hopkins.

Week 7: Written poetry isn't the only form of poetry. There is also spoken word. We will take a look at Sarah Kay for that.

Week 8: We should end with some light hearted reading and will be looking at Shel Silverstein.
Final Exam: Your choice between writing your own poem or read a poem we haven't highlighted and write an essay on your thoughts about the poem.
What are your favorite poetry books? Also, I'm now on SoundCloud, take a listen. 
Thank you,
Fida

Her Olives' 2nd Book Anniversary

Hello Poetteers, 
Today is a special day. My second poetry book, Her Olives, was published two years ago today. 
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(Picture by http://feonua.tumblr.com)Have you read Her Olives? Let me know. Buy a copy here. 
Love, Fida 

Now I See, A Poem

Hello Poetteers,
It is another weekly Poets On The Page prompt. 
Now I see
they were holding me back
how they were holding me back
Now I see how I change that


Now I see
all the possibilities in front of me
Now I can plant seeds
for all the times they said I shouldn't.
Were you told you couldn't or shouldn't do something? Leave a comment below!

Ten Poetry Instagram Accounts to Follow

Hello Poetteers,

I've been loving Instagram lately. It's filled with beautiful pictures and words that are inspiring me. So here is ten poetry Instagram accounts i've been following and you should follow to. 
@thepaintedladysings

I recently started following her. Along with her poems is awesome sketches. 
@isra.althibeh

She has a simplistic black and white theme but that adds to the poems she shares. Her poems are short but powerful. 
@_navk

His poems are amazing and puts love together in a beautiful way. 
@tylerknott

Most of his poems are in haiku. He is known for his typewriter series. What makes him stand you is his handwritten poems and that he pictures it with where he's at. 
@rmdrk

His poems are just awesome! This one is one of my many favorites. 
@shirazien

I've been following Noor for a while and her poems feel like a big, warm hug. 
@thepoetrystore


Most of her poems are in a format i'm used to reading in but some poems are different as she writes in lists. She has an amazing series going on called, how to be alive. 
@hedonistpoet

Some of my favorites from her are like bits and pieces of advice. 
@ibtasempoetry

The best kind of people are those who remind you of your faith and God. Her poems show the beauty in God's attributes and in our lives. 
 @keyballah

She is an author of the poetry book, Preparing My Daughter For Rain. I know it is a reflection of the amazing poems she shares on her Instagram account. 
There you have it! As you may or may not know, I also share my poems on my Instagram account. You can find me @poetfida. 
Do you already follow some of them? Is there someone I didn't mention that I should know of? Who are your favorites? Leave a comment below! 

Bookshelf Tour

Hello Poetteers,

Welcome to my bookshelf tour! This is my first book video ever! It's really short but I'm proud of it and wanted you to see it.




Love, Fida