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show, don’t tell? sometimes not …
Show, don’t tell? Well…yes. Sometimes, some people really do need this advice. And sometimes it is received well. But also, no. Because most of the time I see this advice, it is misplaced. In my opinion, ‘show, don’t tell’ is the laziest advice anyone can give to a...
get over it – it’s not your body
Having been at war with my own body for most of my teenage and all of my adult years, I fully embrace this message. In a week where I have seen inspirational women talk about abuse in which other people treated their bodies like ornaments, read inspirational books...
the smoke – poetry 101 rehab
This week's effort for poetry 101 Rehab hosted over at Andy Townend. I am not sure where this poem came from, something about the prompt spoke to me and this came out without thinking about it too much. Hope you like it, leave me a link to your poem below! The smoke...
moments – poetry 101 rehab
After a week’s hiatus from Poetry 101 Rehab, hosted over at Andy Townend, I am back! When I saw this week’s theme I knew I already had the perfect poem, which is good as my brain just isn’t functioning at the moment. This poem is called Consciousness, and it is all...
couldn’t – poetry 101 rehab
I went to an open mic tonight that was really difficult, a room full of people all talking, and all I could think was…I can’t do it. But I did. And people stopped talking and started listening. Pretty tired now, but here is my attempt for this week's Poetry 101 Rehab...
something to care about
This is an older poem that is technically more of a performance poem, but I cannot think of any poetry nights that I go to where this would go down well!! I might do a video one day and post it here as well, but for now, here it is in its original form! Something to...