Today we’d like to introduce you to Kizzie Frank.
Every artist has a unique story. Can you briefly walk us through yours?
I am a journalist and a poet. I have a complicated past and a complicated present. If I could sum up my story, the best way to describe it is to be a roller coaster of emotion and experiences. My family I didn’t stay in one area of Houston too long when I a child. I was never “popular”, always the new girl. One thing has remained constant: my love for language and knowledge. Whether it be put into a song, script, or book, I was thoroughly attached to the art of words.
I’ve recorded a few songs, wrote scripts, and began work on a book. Back in my grade school days, a crucial time period for a girl, my mother became disabled in ways too complicated to explain briefly, but it crippled my ability to take my time growing up. I became “woman of the house” and right hand to my father. Years later, my dad passed away and I was devastated. I felt alone, so buried myself in my poetry, journalistic articles, and created my own blog in the process. Presently, I am an editor for a magazine and have edited novels and countless articles for newspapers and magazines. Though I continue to relentlessly chase and consume news and the arts, at heart, I have never been able to part with poetry.
Please tell us about your art.
I am a journalist, but my art is poetry and creative writing. I have dabbled in music and script writing as well. I recorded my most recent work titled “The Vow”. It can be found on my Instagram. “The Vow” was inspired by my number one muse, high-school sweetheart, and now husband. The reason I started writing was to counsel myself through my mother’s illness. It was my therapy and comrade. As I grew older, after my father’s death, my message became love, healing, and understanding. My work is meant to inspire anyone listening to think a little differently and to be more open. I hope to inspire people to start using their emotions to create something themselves.
Too often, I have to write about school shootings and other tragedies that are motivated by misplaced and misused emotion. I want to encourage people, to embrace what they feel and to find their outlet. Anger is easy and I certainly have poems that express that, but love is therapeutic.
As an artist, how do you define success and what quality or characteristic do you feel is essential to success as an artist?
The poetic answer, of course, is that if I go my entire life only to reach and inspire a few people through my work, I will have succeeded. If success was something tangible, I would say that one of my poems, or books, will be become a script that would become a film, that would go on to win awards. Regardless, the artist must have found happiness in what they do. The artist must be consistent and driven. Most importantly, the artist must remain confident, yet humble.
How or where can people see your work? How can people support your work?
My poetry and links to my journalistic work is available on my blog, “Words with Fly” at wordswithfly.wordpress.com. The video for my more recent work, “The Vow” can be found on It can be found on my Instagram @kiz.nichole and Twitter @kiz_nichole
Like most artists, I am sensitive about my work, but I always welcome constructive criticism and suggestions. The biggest support any artist can get to have an audience that will simply share their work: online, word of mouth, etc. Any other creative can support by sharing and discussing some sort of collaboration. It promotes growth and confidence across all creative platforms. If the yodeling kid can make it to Coachella, anything is possible.
Contact Info:
- Website: wordswithfly.wordpress.com
- Email: k.nicholefrank@gmail.com
- Instagram: kiz.nichole
- Twitter: kiz_nichole
Image Credit:
Kenneth Moss
Dallas Gonzales
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