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About Akiane's Poetry


The following questions were presented by many people interested in Akiane: the celebrities, television show producers, media personnel, journalists, editors, university teachers, art dealers, collectors, artists, writers, and museum curators…


How do you write your poetry?

Effortlessly...After a prayer, I wait for an answer from heaven, and then I see dozens of snap shots of pictures, words, actions, and events.  And a lot of time I feel that God includes me in other people's lives. Through Him I feel other people's suffering and happiness, but soon I forget everything I speak and write.  If you asked me to explain what I was writing about a few weeks ago I would not know.  I forget even the meaning, and after a while I must figure out as everyone else.

 
Who taught you how to write?

The words just come to me.  I would say ideas somehow have been planted in me.

I do not write from what I know, but from what the Spirit shows me.  Before I pray, I am empty and have absolutely nothing to write about - but then I know, if I am silent, I start seeing pictures and words.


What is the meaning of your poems?

I feel that poetry is a puzzle, and everyone needs to solve the puzzle by themselves.  And if I shared my own interpretation, others would be prevented from imagination.  One poem can mean the whole book.  I did not choose the poetry.  God chose the poetry for me.


Do you understand what you are writing about?

From child's eyes, yes.  I am inspired just to record, but not to explain what I write.  Often I get blown away by what I put down on the paper and feel as puzzled as everyone else.

 
But what about such deep thoughts and wisdom that only an adult could have experienced?

I was blessed with sensitivity, and I do feel people.  When it is silent and I pray, I feel everything so much that many poems are written as if I myself have experienced certain events.
 

Have you personally experienced any of the events you describe?

Yes and no.  Through the Spirit I experience other different lives.  Only a few stories I've written about is part of my life.

 
Do you know what your poem will be about before you write it?

Seldom, it is usually a surprise.  It reminds me of a poetic sculpture where I spontaneously sculpt with words and meanings.