Interview - Final

Have you ever met anyone from another country; like maybe England? My friend, Danny, a 18-year-old from England, let me interview him for this assignment. He also writes poetry, and is a member of poems-and-quotes.com, where I met him. He currently has 52 poems posted on the site, some of my favorites being The Red Ribbon, and 7. He has been writing since he was about seven-years-old. Danny says that it was at about that age that teachers told him he had a natural talent for writing, and "it's something that's invaded my life ever since." Danny has been a member of Poems and Quotes for about a year. He previously had more poems than he has now, but people had plagiarized his poems, so he deleted most of them. When asked who is favorite professional poets were, he said that either "Wordsworth or Wilfred Owen" were his favorites. Inspiration for his poems include personal experiences from his past. Danny said, "I tend to write about other people's experiences and leave subtle hints of myself in there. I don't have the confidence to purely write about myself."
I also asked him if there was anything he ever regretted writing, and Danny replied with. "Not at all. Why should I regret it?" He hasn't been published, but he has been told that he was going to be published some day. Danny says that he blames not being confident in himself to see anything of his published. Four of his poems have won the weekly contest run on the website, which is a big honor. Danny said that he has won little contests in school, also winning the weekly contests and contests within the poetry club that he belongs to. He has never entered a big poetry competition, but he might soon, blaming lack of self-confidence for not entering contests before.
Some favorite forms of poems include sedokas and haikus, because they are "really nice". Haikus are a form of poem that have three lines, with the first and third line containing five syllables and the second containing 7 syllables. Danny had said, "I like to experiment like a poor scientist. I don't like having a 'comfort zone', and a particular form never appealed to me."
When asked how he would describe himself, he said he has always been creative, and not just with writing. "I'd say I was quiet and laid back. I'm dependable but I'm somewhat ignorant at times." Strengths were another topic in the interview, along with weaknesses. "My strength is the fact I have sociopathy and it makes me stronger due to the fact I don't have emotional connections to things. My weakness is that sometimes I have no tact, and I have trouble admitting I'm wrong." In his spare time he likes to play tennis, guitar, percussion and banjo. He is involved in two bands, so that occupies a lot of his time, along with being a university student. One of his favorite bands is Muse, a British rock band.
Danny was a very interesting person to interview, due to the fact that he does a lot of activities in his spare time, and still has the time to write amazing poetry. He truly has a way with words.