French actor Kalki says writing poetry is like therapy for her
(MNP) – Kalki Koechlin doesn’t remember exactly when she started writing poetry, but it has turned out to be a way of living for her.
The actor says the craft helps her get in touch with her feelings, and address them.
On World Poetry Day, the actor opens up about her journey of finding words to express her emotions.
“I don’t remember how it all started for me. I was very young when I started writing poems. And the only reason I know about it is because my mom kept all of it.
I wrote when I was six about butterflies and other things that a kid can write,” Koechlin tells us.
The 40-year-old shares reading poetry as a kid helped her get inclined towards the craft, as she says, “My mother gifted me books on poems when I was a kid. I enjoyed spending time reading and then writing poems”.
As she started writing poetry as a kid, is her daughter, Sappho, also following in her footsteps? “Well, I am not doing it consciously.
She is curious about drawings. hShe has emotions to describe which she does by drawing. She has not started on poetry yet, but she has some introduction to storytelling,” she says.
