Mr. Hernandez’s visit was very eye opening and helpful to me; I’ve wanted to be a writer since I was in third grade, so a lot of his tips and advice really spoke out to me. I had the following questions for him:
Where’d did you get inspiration for the theme of death?
Do you relate anything from your poems to your actual daily life?
What inspired you to take up writing?
Hearing his advice on how we should just go for it and shoot our shot of having something published showed me that having rejection letters wasn’t a bad thing, but showed progress and shows that you’ve made an effort. Out of the three poems, my favorite was the one that spoke on the theme of death a bit, In Lieu of the Stories My Santera Abuela Should Have Told Me Herself, This Poem.