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Lesson Learned is my contribution to the world of keep calm poems. Sometimes, the best you can do is to just do something, anything, in fact. Lesson Learned – Keep Calm Poems Ten psychiatrists and respective drug prescriptions on, now clear on the usefulness or uselessness of talk and cocktails and analysis and therapy, Pete,… Read more »
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Rain is a modern cinquain, a five-line poem that – unlike many cinquains – doesn’t follow any rhyme or syllable count scheme. Please post your cinquain in the comment box below. Rain – Modern Cinquain Now rain floods the house to the ceiling and I think we are drowning but in truth, we are diving,… Read more »
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Tea and Biscuit Perched on the Saucer belongs to my family poetry selection. This is a celebration of the love and support you receive. Tea and Biscuit Perched on the Saucer – Family Poetry She would make us tea and perch a biscuit on the saucer for an extra bit of sweetness just in case… Read more »
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Shunned Girl, Dodged Boy is a love poem and an angst poem, depicting the vulnerabilities and struggles of anyone who feels they don’t fit in. Shunned Girl, Dodged Boy – Angst Poem Her Crooked teeth / no money for dental fancy work, Mum said / freckled skin and a scrawny, lanky body, crowned with a… Read more »
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Salt is a carpe diem poem, a reflection on relinquishing control and allowing time’s passing and bursting growth. Salt – A Carpe Diem Poem Wishing away the shrinking moon you trap the tide and chase away the pause of silence. You gag the tick you flag the tock. Ironing wrinkles upon the ground you prune… Read more »
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Autonomy is an I can poem, a reminder of all the things we can do because we often forget. Autonomy – I Can Poem I can walk talk tie my shoelaces cook spaghetti carbonara drive and listen to our song stitch up the holes in Larry’s socks buy Mindy ice cream this Tuesday dance on… Read more »
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Out of a Spin is one of my relaxation poems, a reflection on how mental turmoil passes and can be overcome with the kindness and support of others. Out of a Spin – Relaxation Poems Spinning and spinning in the turbulent pool my bones fail to grip the granules of salt, locked up gasping for… Read more »
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The Mirror is an anorexia poem, a brief glance at the complexity of this eating disorder and thoughts on how sufferers and bystanders struggle to cope. This poem is written in the Tanka poetic form. The Mirror – Anorexia Poem The mirror lies to her shows fat and beef where I see skin and bone,… Read more »
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The Fly is a marriage poem, a celebration of life-long love and the richness it adds to a life full of ups and downs. The Fly – Marriage Poem The fly hops from fruit to dung with his thread legs and fleeting wings now on a juicy apple, now on a rotten sandwich earning the… Read more »