Yaki,
You always wrap me around your little poetic fingers! As always, you make me question things, but you give definitive answers in your poems. I can imagine your papiamento accent ( which I love) reciting this poem in a coffee shop or on stage somewhere and the cynics sit there with noses turned because "they" will never have a piece of you. But I....I am one of the lucky ones... because being an artist of the same value, I get a piece of you, your heart and your poetry, knowing it touches me as it does you!
bo ta insanely talented! stima kada pida abo krea. stimabo maestra.

To meet you my dear lady is still on my bucket list as well. Can't wait to meet you!

Congratulations on your win
Take care
Cindy

Hello Yaki,

a thought provoking write here.

well done on your win.

Take care,

Michael

Judging comment:

A strong poem from Yakari, that explores the balance between humility and the artist, although it's a personal piece with the poet refusing to give up her humility since it is a power play by society or by an individual (denoted by 'you' in the poem) it still made me think of the humility of artists. Some artists are extremely humble about their poems, and others are extremely self-aware (which may come across as being arrogant), although their level of humility has no bearing on the piece itself, it still interesting to explore this relationship. Great job.