Hello everyone!
Welcome to our PoArtMo Anthology (Youth Edition) Series, which celebrates the talented young creatives featured in The Auroras & Blossoms PoArtMo Anthology: Youth Edition.
In this mini-series, eight of them will share what inspired them to write the poems and stories that they sent us.
Let’s start with Uma Numbiar and Ananya Bhardwaj.
Uma Nambiar
Uma Nambiar (Los Angeles, U.S.) likes singing, writing and reading, and would love to become a screenwriter / writer. “My role models are my parents because they have taught me everything I know. Both of their personalities are so sweet and funny, and they teach me how to be my best self.”
Uma sent us the poem titled Aurora’s Awakening:
I have always loved writing poetry, and the day that I wrote this poem, I wanted to write something about a specific scene. I created an image in my head, something that I deemed magical. While writing the poem, I tried my best to capture what was in my head but in words. I have always been inspired by nature, so writing about nature in this specific poem felt like a great idea.
I was also inspired to write about how beautiful nature was, in a way that depicted it as something glittery and shiny and magical. That is why most of my poem has a lot of analogies to diamonds, pearls, etc. I have also always been intrigued by gems and jewels and stones and whatnot, so I thought it could be cool to write about that. This is what inspired me to write Aurora’s Awakening. Thank you for your consideration!
Uma Nambiar
Ananya Bhardwaj
Ananya Bhardwaj (New Delhi, India) enjoys painting, writing, cartooning, and playing the piano and guitar. She wants to become a software engineer. “My role model is Marie Curie because she was a brilliant scientist.”
Ananya sent us the poem titled Rise Again:
Sometimes, we may feel like giving up and just forget everything and never show our faces again in public. But, if anything I have learned from nature, is that it never gives up. The trees still grow. The flowers still bloom and give us beauty. And that spirit of never giving up should drive all of us.
That is what this entry is about, that even the saddest person can learn from nature. What seems like a faraway spring day, a forgotten memory will come to end the darkness as no winter lasts forever. All we must have is the patience to reach there slowly and try to find hope in the darkness.
Ananya Bhardwaj
Uma and Ananya, thank you for sharing what inspired your poems. We know that people will love your work as much as we do!
Cendrine & David