Welcome to another Crap Poem. My attempts to be poetic have recently been funny and light-hearted, but I need to change that in line with how I’ve been feeling. Ill health for me, ill health for our daughter and mentally straining times for my partner have left us all feeling low and tired. It’s amazingContinue reading “Crap Poems Part 8 – Why?”
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Crap Poems part 7 – Necklaces
Welcome to another Crap Poem as part of the continuing promotion of my Creative Coping Strategies campaign. Once again, for a bit of fun, I’ve created a short poem about jewellery and how my relationship with everything sparkly has evolved over the years. Jewellery is such an important part of who I am, but it’sContinue reading “Crap Poems part 7 – Necklaces”
Crap Poems Part 6 – Sleep
Welcome to another Crap Poem. This time I’ve chose to do another rhyme about my lifetimes journey through sleep and what often happens when I’m awake at night and in pain. I even wrote it during a sleepless night, for added authenticity! Sleep is such an important aspect of rest and repair for every livingContinue reading “Crap Poems Part 6 – Sleep”
Crap poems part 5 – Education
We’re going through a big learning curve in this house. My partner is in some important training with his job, our daughter is now at school and at the ripe old age of 41, I’m nearing then end of my degree. If you’d have asked me at 16 if futher education was in my futureContinue reading “Crap poems part 5 – Education”
Crap Poems Part 4 – Fathers Day
This weekend marks Fathers Day here in the UK, and as my partner is such a hard-working, caring, involved parent and boyfriend, we use it as a great opportunity to celebrate him and thank him for…well, everything. I’m sure many of you will be doing the same. But for most of us these celebrations areContinue reading “Crap Poems Part 4 – Fathers Day”
Crap poems part 3 – time
I’m finding myself struggling with sleep, and that only makes me ponder time and how badly I manage it. My most productive moments seem to happen around now – 3.27am on Wednesday. Normally (like now) I can’t sleep because I’m in pain, and although being busy at this time seems efficient, later I’ll pay theContinue reading “Crap poems part 3 – time”
Crap Poems part 2 – Very, very frightening
The second edition of crap poems is here with a subject that was keeping me awake all night yesterday. I hate thunder and love lightning ⚡️, so last nights storm had a negative and fearful effect, as usual. Sometimes even when you close your eyes the lightning penetrates the blackout blind and wakes up theContinue reading “Crap Poems part 2 – Very, very frightening”
Crap poems- Part 1
No, I can’t quite believe I’m doing this either. I’m telling you guys, my wonderful visitors, to try creativity as a way of managing stress, mental UNhealth and Mental Illness when you find yourself with spiralling emotions. You know the moments I mean, when your head is overwhelmed by the sadness / pain / angerContinue reading “Crap poems- Part 1”
Creative Steph 