Our Tumultuous Emotions Explained by Yashica Nagpal

Our Tumultuous Emotions Explained by Yashica Nagpal

COVID-19 has been a reset for the globe. We discovered new passions and hobbies. To cope with the tumultuous emotions of these past two years, the author explored poetry. Her writing style, chaotic and unsynchronized, was a reflection of the time period, the pandemic. Her interest starting in eighth grade was abandoned due to demanding coursework in high school. With virtual learning and volunteering gone, Yashica rediscovered her love for creative writing. Unable to academically exist outside of her room, Yashica relied on poetry to focus her mind. Her scattered brain made her create meaningful yet succinct poetry that explained her feelings in depth. In hopes of unifying her close friends and families, they shared significant opinions. Each person had a different poem that they related to or enjoyed. Since Covid-19 has impacted everyone in different years, the contradicting dissimilar liking of her poems made Yashica realize the disarray of emotions felt by others. The one critique that indeed was unanimous was a lack of theme in the drafts of the booklet. The combination of different poems being relatable to close ones juxtaposed to a jumbled booklet of thoughts made her experience an epiphany. Because my passion restarted during the pandemic; my poems lacked synchronization; my poem's enjoyment was broad, so I decided to create a title reflective of its characteristics. The title, Product of Covid-19 Our Tumultuous Emotions Explained, portrayed the goals of the booklet. The are many mini-themes, including but not limited to oceans, polarization, race, universe, religion, memories, lights, life and hardships, nature, fear, chaos, beauty standards, duty, extremities of life, lies, mental health, mythology, dedication to friends and foes, role models, and love.