The Journey Inward

I have always loved poems and quotes. As an elementary school student, I marveled at some funny poems in the Gujarati language. My mom took interest in the poems I recited after coming home from school and that encouraged me to keep my interest in the Gujarati poems. At a later stage, I learned some poems by a renowned poet of Gujarat called Narsinh Mehta. In the fifth grade, I started learning the Hindi language and some beautiful poems and Dohas by Kabir came into my...
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I have always loved poems and quotes. As an elementary school student, I marveled at some funny poems in the Gujarati language. My mom took interest in the poems I recited after coming home from school and that encouraged me to keep my interest in the Gujarati poems. At a later stage, I learned some poems by a renowned poet of Gujarat called Narsinh Mehta.
In the fifth grade, I started learning the Hindi language and some beautiful poems and Dohas by Kabir came into my syllabus. I do not have a recollection of all of those poems but they helped retain my interest in different styles of poetry and later on in Urdu Ghazals.

In 8th grade, I met Mrs. Karim. She taught us English. She was very good at reciting poetry and then explaining its meaning in depth. I realized that one single piece of poetry can be interpreted in many ways and at times, we might misinterpret what the poet was actually trying to say or had in his/her mind while writing that piece of poetry if we do not take a hard look.

It was a tradition in my school to write "the quote of the day" on the classroom blackboard. I used to admire how in just a few words lot was said by the writer. Whenever I found a good quote, it was copied in my book. So the love for quotes has stayed with me all my life.

I am sharing my poems with you along with a few from poets who have inspired me and quotes by some famous personalities from around the world. I hope that my book inspires young children and adults to take interest in poetry and quotes and help them admire the beauty in them. If you like my book, please write a comment and share it with others.
God Bless You!
Marz