The Art of Poetry

Posted on October 6, 2021 by Dr. Christine Grimaldi

By Regina Kanturek

A photo of two white people holding hands. The person on the left is apparently wearing a gray sweater, the cuff of which is showing in the image. The right person is wearing a white sweater, the cuff of which is showing in the image. The background is a white solid wall — A photo showing two people holding hands.

One of my biggest interests is poetry. It allows me to be creative and express my feelings and thoughts through words. My dad was a famous illustrator and he taught how to express myself through creativity. There are many ways to write poetry, but mine was through rhymes. Rhyming was like a puzzle, so it allowed my creativity to build through word games. Being a disabled woman was not easy, and poetry allowed me to express my feelings and helped me overcome isolation. Writing poetry was a great form of therapy, one that I harnessed by myself.

I would like to share one with you..

“Her Only Friend”

There once was a lonely little girl

She made up a friend when she was one

When she and her friend were together

They always had fun

They played in a tree house

Which could be a castle in the sky

Or it could be a hot air balloon way up high

Her friend loved her even though she did not have a family

She could tell her friend anything

She could let her feelings go free