When did you first start writing?
One night, I went into our small kitchen where my father was writing a poem. It was dark and the candles’ light was enough to illuminate the small table. Silently, I joined him at the table, I took a piece of paper, grabbed a pen and gazed up into the air. Within a few minutes, beautiful words were flowing from my inner world on to paper and building a gracious poem. My father was surprised, so proud of me, so happy. These moments remained in my memory forever ̶ my first poem and the last day from my father’s life. I was fourteen years old at that time.
What's the story behind your latest book?
Travel in Time is the liberation of my soul from the dusty silent places of my entity. Writing felt like a light summer rain: the words were falling softly to the ground, releasing refreshing thoughts and tangible emotions into the world. There are some real events from my life captured in my poems.
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