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"Poetry is how to hit the strings of the rainbow´s colours of life after the rain of meditation!. It is the unification of senses when you touch a colour, see a strain, hear a fragrance, smell pure water and taste a string. I was not struck by lightning that has made me a poet or once I found a magic lamp whose giant verified my wish of being a poet. Poetry has been poured into myself as when the brook´s water travels to the ocean. So the boat of poetry had been floating slowly for 18 years till I jumped in it and set off my poetical journey. In the boat , I found all my toys, color pencils, colorful musical notes, clay and everything had tickled my childhood. At the beginning, the boat was in bad conditions, because I was a beginner and I did not know how to use the paddles, but later I could manage it. During my short trip I gained plenty of pearls filled my poetical pockets with the literary wealth. In spite of that, I was exposed to many hurricanes and icebergs. After years of literary quest, I now sense that I believe in my imaginative theory, which says that writing poetry is to get drunk with inspiration".

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Alaa Elgadi was born in Misurata, Libya in 1990. He studied English Language and Literature at Misurata University; later taking an M.A in English Literature at Cyprus International University. He currently teaches at Misurata University. Elgadi´s poems ´Love in London Eye´ and ´Natalie´ are considered the masterpieces of his art ever written.

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