Emm Wani
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Sanober Khan:
Hello Sanober, I am a fan of the wit in your writing. Such paradoxes, extraordinary. I just wanted to ask do we need divine inspiration for writing or practicing by intellect would also do?
Sanober Khan
Hello Muzafar,
Thank you for your beautiful compliments and question! I'm so glad you enjoy my poetry, in fact, you're the first one to praise the 'wit' in my writing, because honestly, I never even think of it. To answer your question, I would have loved to say that poetry comes with practice and intellect. That the craft can come, even if the art is not there. But in my personal experience, that has never happened, unfortunately. I always need to be divinely inspired to be able to write.This may not be true for other writers/poets. Skill and intellect also count for something! But that would mean the writer would have to work extra hard as compared to the one who has a natural flair for it. But I think most importantly, to be a writer you have to feel everything deeply. :)
I hope my answer does not discourage you from practicing writing. Good readers make good writers. :)
All the best, and thank you again!
Thank you for your beautiful compliments and question! I'm so glad you enjoy my poetry, in fact, you're the first one to praise the 'wit' in my writing, because honestly, I never even think of it. To answer your question, I would have loved to say that poetry comes with practice and intellect. That the craft can come, even if the art is not there. But in my personal experience, that has never happened, unfortunately. I always need to be divinely inspired to be able to write.This may not be true for other writers/poets. Skill and intellect also count for something! But that would mean the writer would have to work extra hard as compared to the one who has a natural flair for it. But I think most importantly, to be a writer you have to feel everything deeply. :)
I hope my answer does not discourage you from practicing writing. Good readers make good writers. :)
All the best, and thank you again!
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Dan Philips
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Sanober Khan:
I just ran across a FABULOUS poem of yours which begins, "Words are powerful forces of nature." The version I saw ends with the words "brimming with home." I would like to ask your permission to quote that poem in its entirety in a training manual I'm helping to create about the power of words. Your poem is PERFECT for the context. If I may have your permission, would you please tell me the correct attribution to use?
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