Through the Eyes of a Poet series by Christina M. Ward
Featured Poet: Mohammed Junaid KhanObjective: To encourage people to broaden their reading interests through poetry, support the poetry community, and introduce you to poets and their personal stories.
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Mohammed Junaid Khan and his family
Hello readers and poetry lovers,
Today I’d like to share with you about another poet on the Through the Eyes of a Poet series, which I hope you are enjoying. This is the sixth entry for this series and already I am receiving some very positive feedback please share this with others who may enjoy the series, as my Newsletter is still young and has a small readership. I think the poets in this series would love your support as well.
When I first met Mohammed Junaid Khan it was hard not to notice his infectious enthusiasm for his craft. His humility and desire to learn are evident as he asks questions, writes his heart out, and shares his work with the world through poetry.
We constantly wear a mask and our poetries are the only passage through which our emotions and feelings get a way. Poetry does define us.
—Mohammed Junaid Khan, poet
Mohammed is a businessman from Mumbai, the financial capital of India. The culture of Mumbai greatly influences Mohammed’s work, as well as social issues, injustices or atrocities he sees occurring in the world, and a burning love for his family.
The poetry that Mohammed writes is easily described as deeply emotional. You can feel the empathy and the outrage marry as he voices through poetry a loud call for action about various topics of injustice. Reading Mohammed’s work is thought-provoking, emotional, and at times shocking. He is a voice crying out for someone–anyone–to SEE THIS! Pay attention to this! Do something!
Write your heart out. Write something that pleases you first and then the audience. Don’t go for appreciation, not all your work will be appreciated and there is an audience for every kind of work.
—Mohammed Junaid Khan, poet
To follow Mohammed’s work you can check out the following links to his body of work:
Thank you for reading about this featured poet and for following along with this series. I invite you to include poetry in your reading and give this genre a chance to enrich your life.
Poetically yours,
Christina Ward, poet, author, and blogger
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