About
Hello and thank you for visiting my blog! My name is Farah Lawal and I am an actress, performer, and writer. My work as a creative artist has primarily been through theatrical performance. I am still in a stage of my writing where I feel funny calling myself a “writer” and I chuckle at the thought of labeling myself a “poet.” I look forward to the day when I will feel comfortable using those two titles with as much confidence as I do when I introduce myself as an actress.
My writing started off as a free-writing exercise for myself. I had thoughts to get out, so I started writing every day. I also wanted to work on expanding my imagination because I found myself stagnant. From my free-writes came poems. This wasn’t intentional, but poems started to flow from my thoughts. And once I started writing, I couldn’t stop. Now I have committed to writing every single day.
Here you will find my poems. They are a journey of my mind, so welcome! Please feel free to leave feedback–I love to know how my poems affect people or what reactions they get from reading my words. I can also be contacted by email at pearlsfrompain@gmail.com.
If you would like to learn more about me, please visit my website at www.FarahLawal.com.
Be blessed!
7 Responses to "About"
September 15, 2008 at 6:21 pm
Farah, I am one of those people your poem touched at the recent conference that Sheri Whitt mentioned. Thankyou so much for sharing! I am an avid supporter of poetry too, and welcome poems from our youth which I use in our various outcome reports and program descriptions. Art heals. So keep up the great work. In addition to my profession, I’m a poet too and like to network, so you can check out my website too at DaneCervine.typepad.com. All the best to you.
September 15, 2008 at 11:43 pm
Wow, that is awesome to hear. I am glad that you both were touched by my writing. I will check out your website, Dane.
October 26, 2008 at 3:04 am
Farah: I’ve had you listed on my blogroll ever since I stumbled across your work from another WordPress site. I don’t want t give false praise, but I really am impressed by the energy and the emotion that you evoke with every new post. It’s obvious that you turn your insides out when you write… your work is strong, emotional, visceral… like a punch to the gut. There’s no mistaking that it comes from someplace within you that can grab a reader and pull them into your world…
you rock.
.g.
October 26, 2008 at 3:24 am
Geenoh,
Thank you so much. Your words mean more than you’ll ever know.
<3,
Farah
November 6, 2008 at 4:04 pm
Farah, you are a complete Godsend. You are a wonderful young woman and I thank the lord for having met you. Wonderful work. You are such an inspiration to all.
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September 15, 2008 at 1:20 pm
Farah- by now I hope you have heard from many who were gathered at the conference last week about how impacted they were by your poem. I was very pleased to share it with the participants and received many comments afterwards about how it touched people. I hope you will continue to write and to share yourself with the world! Take good care. All the best to you. Sheri