Writes of Passage
Abi Yadegar ’20 was the March spotlight storyteller at the Creative Writing Department’s Writes of Passage on March 8. Yadegar read eight poems during the event, which highlights a different student writer each month. The authors read their original poetry and stories and engage in a Q&A with the audience afterward.
One of those poems,"White Rose," is about the Time’s Up and Me Too movements, which use the white rose as a symbol of resistance to the manipulation of women. She says it is one of her favorites because, “It is meant to empower people to resist the cruel and unfair treatment of women in all industries and societies.”
She also shared, "I Am the Girl Who Does Not Care," about being unfairly judged by her peers.Yadegar said this was another favorite of her works, adding that it is a response to a piece someone wrote about her and her friends. She noted that the poem allowed her to regain her confidence and rise above the situation. “I wrote my poem to empower girls of our age to feel beautiful, no matter who they are, and to accept each other instead of judging and degrading each other, which is what the other poem did,” she explained. “I wanted this poem to tell people to be true to who they are, even if other people don’t approve.”
Describing her writing style as descriptive, passionate, and expressive, Yadegar says she loves writing poems that focus on the little details of life. “I love making a fuss of these small things or the small issues that I feel passionate about, and turning them into massive worlds, where you can see, smell, taste, and feel everything,” she said.
Yadegar has been writing for as long as she can remember and writes in many different forms, but especially enjoys creative writing: fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. Currently enrolled in theCreative Writing class, she says she is constantly writing, even if it is just describing something that moves her, or making a personal observation.
Exploring various mediums to express herself, Yadegar also paints, draws, photographs, and works with mixed media. As visual artist and photographer, she says she appreciates the detail and art found in everything.
“I certainly always feel something when I write, whether it is joy or even a sense of being uncomfortable,” she remarked. “Ultimately, I always hope to craft works that resonate with others, that allow people to feel inspired to create art or change things, or at least that just motivate people to feel something.”
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