Each month we are encouraging our bloggers to write about a themed topic. As April is Stress Awareness Month, this month's blog theme is stress.
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February 2018
This poem gives good advice.. I’m good at giving advice, but less able to follow it!
RECOVERY
Be kind to yourself, take plenty of time,
To work out which mounta...
Posted by
getmyheadstraight19th Mar 2018
March 2018
This poem sums up my feelings of frustration & despair as I live out endless days on sick leave from work following my discharge from hospital last month..
ENDLESS DAYS
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Posted by
getmyheadstraight19th Mar 2018
"If you do that I'll kill you"...the worst you could say,
I forgive because you don't understand things my way,
If I have a moment where I just cannot fight,
The urge to harm, I kn...
Posted by
Angela McCrimmon17th Mar 2018
I tried not to be sarcastic in this one!
Here are a few things that will (hopefully) make your mates/family/peoples that lil’ bit more positive.
Nothing difficult. Just try t...
Posted by
SANE16th Mar 2018
Here are 10 small, easy things you can do to make yourself feel better on the daily! They’re not some crazy, over-spiritual rituals either, just general little bits that have...
Posted by
SANE16th Mar 2018
The Spring Equinox and Positive Benefits of Gardening
The spring equinox this year falls on Tuesday 20th March – marking the start of some longer days and hopefully better we...
Posted by
SANE14th Mar 2018
My two poems that have been displayed are:
Sometimes I am enveloped by the dark,
And when I feel its quicksand pull,
I look to the night sky's treasure,
And my eyes find solace in ...
Posted by
poetrylover13th Mar 2018
When I was a kid I knew I didn’t fit. I hung around with my sibling’s friends and spent a lot of time on my own. I have recently been told I am Autistic which would exp...
Posted by
keeley12th Mar 2018
voice 1
voice 2
voice unknown
all around me
they all see something
but I see nothing at all
tirelessly searching
tireless puzzles
tirelessly awake
and I want sleep.
because I need ...
Posted by
kittypae06th Mar 2018
I live in The Netherlands and I wrote this poem for IBT, a fantastic team that visits patients in the community in an effort to keep them out of hospital. They were amazing.
It's t...
Posted by
clairerpb06th Mar 2018