Young Writers Society

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You did it! I really appreciate how your NaPo came full circle, it felt like a collection of stories within a larger story (which is a bit how scripture works I guess). The ending piece was a beautiful book-end to your NaPo, and poem 30 was comforting too. I like how you mixed together both the themes of "end / death" to that theme of returning and recalling the promises and stories of our spiritual ancestors and the history of humanity / creation.

Poem 28 and 29 also had wonderful narrative elements in them too - the story of Hagar and Ishmael is in the Bible too of course, but your depiction makes me want to read through the Quran's version - it's very heart-catching. And I love the open-ended way it ends with the promise from God, "I will make him a great nation" which connects so well into in the whole creation theme from the beginning as well as playing with the ancestors & loneliness themes from earlier.

Congratulations on completing 30 poems, and on writing such an impressive and thoughtful collection - it's been a real delight to read through this month.

Thanks @alliyah, I really treasure your insights on my works, more so because I see a kindred spirit in you. Thanks for leaving feedback on this thread not once, but twice.

Thanks @Tuckster, I really appreciate your kind words and feedback from time to time as my NaPo buddy. Glad to see you get some poetry written as well, even though you could write a total of five only. You tried.

Thank you @bluewaterlily for your encouragement throughout the course of this month. Thanks for that.

Thanks @BluesClues for checking on my thread to read and leave comments.

Thanks @mckaylaam for doing the same.

Thanks @Mea for your occasional comments and likes. I really appreciated those.

Thanks @Liberty for your lovely comment as well, I hope your mom got around to finish the tafsir course that you mentioned!

Thanks @MeherazulAzim16 for your comments as well. Glad to have you as my other NaPo buddy.

And thank you everyone who took the time to read my thread, left likes or shared feedback on my NaPo outside of this thread as well. Much appreciated.

It was my pleasure! (Even though I,,,kind of dropped everyone's thread there at the end.) Congratulations on completing NaPo!