Good morning everyone and welcome to another Haiku Hope in this hot summer weather. I’m sure many of you will find you resonate with the feelings in this haiku, not knowing which way to turn in order to feel better. Unsurprisingly I wrote this in a moment where I felt completely unable to be painContinue reading “Haiku Hope 17 – Make it stop!”
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Crap Poems 28 – The Imposter
Welcome back to another crap poem. My last poem was posted on the DIsability Arts Online blog platform as well as this blog and received some really positive feedback, which I never expect. Thank you if you sent some. I label myself as a crap poet because I believe my poems have no real meritContinue reading “Crap Poems 28 – The Imposter”
Crap poem 27 – Scared of lonely
Morning everyone, and welcome to another Crap poem. This time, after my most recent poems were quite lighthearted I decided to talk a bit more seriously about what it feels like to be this lonely when you are technically so young. Disbelief over both my symptoms and my housebound status, along with my bloody age,Continue reading “Crap poem 27 – Scared of lonely”
Award Nominee!
Who’d of thought it? A few years ago I had a pipe dream of building a website that could be used as a legacy for our daughter. A place to document my life with her and her dad, talk about my mental illness and physical pain and all alongside my creative exploits. I didn’t thinkContinue reading “Award Nominee!”
Sequel squeamish – can we stomach our heroes moving on up?
Cinderella is the de facto fairytale for a reason. The rags to riches formula has been tried and tested for centuries. Readers, listeners and viewers all want someone to win against the odds, but it’s not the win we enjoy, it’s the foreplay. Watching characters grow, comparing their lives to our own and therefore believingContinue reading “Sequel squeamish – can we stomach our heroes moving on up?”
Love is…accepting – A review of ‘Love is Blind’ Brazil
I’m not ashamed to admit enjoying a healthy dose of reality television. I don’t like it all. Thankfully Love Island isn’t in my planner yet. But there are some programmes I really look forward to, and most of them revolve around love and relationships. The Netflix series, Love is Blind, is an experiment similar toContinue reading “Love is…accepting – A review of ‘Love is Blind’ Brazil”
Crap Poems 26 – Chronically Artistic
Welcome back to another crap poem. I thought it’s about time I wrote a poem that addressed how difficult it is to be a creative with physical and mental limitations. Getting your foot in the door, getting noticed, getting heard, being seen, are all impossible when you have a mental or physical challenge that makesContinue reading “Crap Poems 26 – Chronically Artistic”
Glastonbury 2023 – so normal it’s spectacular
Ive never been, but every year I’ve dreamt of being there. What does it feel like to wake up in a damp tent listening to revellers still singing at 6am as someone lost on their way home urinates on a neighbours bonfire. There’s many a reason to want to go to a festival, and theContinue reading “Glastonbury 2023 – so normal it’s spectacular”
Crap poems 25 – What’s love mummy?
Hello everyone and welcome to yet another crap poem. I mentioned recently that I’ve noticed my poems have become a bit depressing, and while it’s an important subject for me, this site is supposed to provide support as well as truth-talk. With all that in mind someone on social media recently asked me if IContinue reading “Crap poems 25 – What’s love mummy?”
Becoming a DAO blogger
I’ve been really fortunate on this creative journey and managed to knock on the right doors at the right moment. Back in 2022, when I was trying to work out what direction to travel in creatively, I was searching for somewhere that helps disabled and/or mentally unstable artists with getting their foot in the door.Continue reading “Becoming a DAO blogger”
Creative Steph 