An ode for you
Poet Claudia Schönfeld, Germany:
“I write to connect with myself, to capture the joy, pain, emotions, the moment. I have no big goals for my writing other than touching the reader – just for a moment – maybe just with one line, and invite them to look at things from a different perspective, maybe have them breathe a bit faster, smile a bit deeper… If I manage to accomplish this, it makes my day.