Hello everyone and welcome to a new series of distractions for you to dip in to any time you need them. Alongside weird words, crap poems and haiku hope, I imagine these silly pages might raise a bit of a smile, or at least distract you, while you’re waiting for help, whether it’s on theContinue reading “Hold Humour – a new COPE Campaign series”
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Crap poem 42 – This Country
Good morning and thank you for visiting to read my 42nd crap poem. I apologise, but I’ve gone a bit political this time, after my anger started increasing watching some of the news events and political reactions (or lack thereof) to assist in fixing it all. Things aren’t great at home, and I imagine manyContinue reading “Crap poem 42 – This Country”
Crap poem 41 – Falling
Good morning. How are you today? Thank you for visiting again. No doubt you are here for yet another badly accomplished poem! Well, rest assured, I have lots more to share with you, including this one. ‘Falling’ is a bit of a piss take about positive quotes in general. I love creating mental health artContinue reading “Crap poem 41 – Falling”
Haiku hope 21 – Rest
Hello everyone and welcome to my 21st haiku hope. These 15 words were put together on a day when I just couldn’t get relief from pain, and I’d been left in tears as a result. Chronic pain often feels infinite. It wakes you up, stops you drifting off and limits the things you’d like toContinue reading “Haiku hope 21 – Rest”
Haiku hope 22 – BTS
Hello again and welcome to another haiku hope. This one is parenting specific, and cover the feelings that get churned up at the end of the 6 week summer break. I’ve loved having our daughter home, but there’s no denying that she makes life a bit more busy and tiring. Saying all that, I missContinue reading “Haiku hope 22 – BTS”
Crap poem 40 – Bills
Hello again, and this time welcome to a new crap poem. This poem is dedicated to my thoughts on money or, more specifically, credit. The finance crisis is hitting everyone so hard, and I think the temptation to take out credit just to get by is growing every day. This poem covers the mess ourContinue reading “Crap poem 40 – Bills”
Haiku hope 20 – access
Welcome to you all. Here is my 20th haiku hope, and I can’t quite believe I’ve written 10 of these things, but I’ve had fun along the way. Haikus aren’t as easy as they seem, with so few syllables to play with getting a story out within those 3 lines is tricky. This latest haikuContinue reading “Haiku hope 20 – access”
Crap poem 39 – Ableode
Hey everyone! Welcome to another poem in my series of Crap Poems. Today I wanted to write something about the frustration I feel when my lack of ability creates anything negative. Whether it’s my own angry internal thoughts, ignorant comments from others, problems doing regular stuff or just plain old exclusion, it’s just infuriating. AsContinue reading “Crap poem 39 – Ableode”
Crap Poem 38 – Belief
Welcome again everyone, to another poem in the Cramp Poem series. Thank you for visiting again. Once again, this rhyming ditty is about the pain of mental and physical illness and being constantly questioned and misunderstood about it. It’s not easy to trust others with your truth, and when they respond with something you aren’tContinue reading “Crap Poem 38 – Belief”
Crap Poem 37 – The cost of access
Welcome back friends. Here is another entry in the crap poems adventure. This is an ode to the last 2 years of my life, and the strained relationship I am experiencing with a department within the NHS. As the last verse explains, I see that there are other staff who are exhausted, especially after theContinue reading “Crap Poem 37 – The cost of access”
Creative Steph 