Crap Poems – Creative Steph

Crap poem 58 – How I felt before the election

Hi everyone, and welcome to another Crap Poem as part of the COPE campaign. I wrote a post recently about my frustration with all parties over their handling of the election campaign from a disabled persons perspective. That frustration should have died down after I put my metaphorical pen to paper, instead it grew andContinue reading “Crap poem 58 – How I felt before the election”

Crap poem 57 – Disability dating

Hi everyone, and welcome to my 57th Crap Poem as part of the COPE campaign. First a disclaimer – I watch a lot of crap on the TV as a distraction. It seems, at the moment, I need distracting a lot. One of my favourites (and my partners, although he’d deny it!) is MAFS. What’sContinue reading “Crap poem 57 – Disability dating”

Crap poem 56 – Chronic Stigma

Hi everyone, and welcome to my 56th Crap Poem as part of the COPE campaign. This poem is a serious one, despite the rhyming. Let me start by explaining my reason for getting so worked up about this. As some of you will know, some of my more disabling diagnosis are ME/CFS, Ehlers Danlos SyndromeContinue reading “Crap poem 56 – Chronic Stigma”

Crap poem 55 – Missing

Hi everyone, and welcome to my 55th Crap Poem as part of the COPE campaign. This crap poem was written recently, around the date of my mums birthday, and it’s dedicated to her memory. She’s the person who’d be happiest to see me using my creativity for something worthwhile and positive, so the irony thatContinue reading “Crap poem 55 – Missing”

Crap poem 54 – My friendly carer

Hi everyone, and welcome to my 54th Crap Poem as part of the COPE campaign. Yes, you’ll be relieved to know I’ve finally stopped writing poems dedicated to Christmas. Instead I’m going to start posting the non-festive poems that I wrote throughout November and December, and this is the first. We all have friends weContinue reading “Crap poem 54 – My friendly carer”

Crap poem 53 – What happened?

Hi everyone, and welcome to my 53rd crap poem as part of the COPE campaign. This will probably be my last Christmas themed poem this year, so I’m going out with a bang (sort of). I wrote this while considering how stressful Christmas has become in our home, and the stress seems to be fixatedContinue reading “Crap poem 53 – What happened?”

Crap poem 52 – ‘Twas the fright before Christmas

Hi everyone, and welcome to my 52nd crap poem as part of the COPE campaign. In keeping with my most recent Melodie’s, I’ve written another festive poem, this time with an alternative take on the Christmas spirit. For me at least, this represents a more acute vision of my childhood holidays, and I know I’mContinue reading “Crap poem 52 – ‘Twas the fright before Christmas”

Crap poem 51 – The Break

Hello everyone and welcome to my 51st crap poem. Although much of my content lately has been Christmas centred, today I’m posting a poem about the essence of breaks, in all their forms. Remember, if you’re looking for a distraction or something silly to make you smile, I have dedicated pages of crap poems, sillyContinue reading “Crap poem 51 – The Break”

Crap poems 50 – November Conversations

Hello again everyone. I can’t bloody believe it, but this is my 50th crap poem in the series. I never would have guessed that my creative distractions would last so long, but here we are. Today I’ve written a poem about the conversations I’ve been having this month, and I know many of you willContinue reading “Crap poems 50 – November Conversations”

Crap poem 49 – why not me?

Hi to all my visitors, and warm wishes to anyone struggling with pain and / or mental illness right now. I’m back with another bad attempt at poetry, this time focussing on the price of the pandemic. Despite my sheltered little world, I managed to catch Covid 3 times, and know of multiple people whoContinue reading “Crap poem 49 – why not me?”