Olivia Mahedy - Wilson poet
My name is Olivia Mahedy-Wilson but people call me Liv . I am 15 . Three words that describe me are spontaneous , thoughtful , and intentional . During the day I go to school , dance , and try to find new and exciting places to go and activities to participate in . During the night I do anything from staying home and reading or watching movies , to having a relaxing night with friends , to going out to a party . The last song I listened to was Say My Name by Destiny ’ s Child . When I grow up I want to be an elementary school teacher . I am most inspired when in the presence of others art , especially that of my peers . The best moment of my life was when I was four and my little sister , Carmina , was born . I first started writing poetry seriously in seventh grade , before that I had written short stories and dabbled in poems a little , but I started because they seemed like a better fit for me , and have just proven to work nicely as a creative form for me since . My favourite thing about poetry is that everybody can take from it what they need , since it is not always an exact account of something , like whatoften makes up stories , a lot of it can be interpreted and taken how it needs to be taken . If the writer needs something from a piece they can get it , and if a listener needs something different , and it is available , they can have it too . My favourite colour to wear lately has been blue . My favourite poet at the moment is undetermined , however I enjoy the works of Blythe Baird , Hieu Min Nguyen , Sierra Demulder greatly . I also love hearing the work of other local youth poets and spoken word artists . In the next five years I see myself self-publishing another chapbook . I released my first , July Children , last October , as well as graduating high school , participating in more dance performances , and just overall growing into who I am becoming . You can follow me on Tumblr at sunshinebabbyyy . tumblr . com ( or oliviamahedy . tumblr . com for only poetry ), and on Instagram @ oliviamahedy .