{"id":1619,"date":"2026-06-03T12:10:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T11:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pomegranatemag.co.uk\/?p=1619"},"modified":"2026-06-03T14:45:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T13:45:48","slug":"words-you-dont-have-for-the-feelings-you-do-the-intimacy-of-written-words-and-the-words-left-unsaid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pomegranatemag.co.uk\/?p=1619","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWords you don’t have for the feelings you do\u201d:\u00a0 The intimacy of written word and the words left unsaid\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Isaiah Quinn<\/a>, author of ‘Yours Truly’ is one of the poets who have gained traction across social media platforms such as Instagram and TikTok for those videos or spoken word pieces that always seem to resonate.\u00a0I sat down with him to discuss why the written word can feel so intimate, and as the ice is broken and typical interview nerves are set to the side, we speak about love, grief and capturing moments in words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He even tells me he’s got a new book in the pipeline due to be out later this year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So how did you get into poetry and writing poetry and the written word?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I got into poetry at a very young age, to be honest. back in fourth or fifth grade, so, around the age of 10- 12, around that age. My school would do an annual fine arts day for the parents, and the kids could either sing a song, do a skit, recite a poem, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was Shell Silverstein’s \u2018Where the Sidewalk Ends\u2019 poem that I found around that age and was really drawn to illustrations but also the way that everything was composed. I feel like that initiated my love for just language the way that you can kind of bend and shape words to kind of convey a message, that’s the earliest stages, that’s kind of where poetry found me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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