#depression - Verses and Hues

12 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 12 Poem: An Oceanic Void

Prompt for ALS NaPoWriMo Day 12: Who isn’t familiar with the void? No matter how occupied or successful we are in our lives, there are moments when our void becomes so loud that we are forced to respond. Have...

#alsnapowrimo, #alsnapowrimo2023, #depression, #lifepoetry, #mentalhealth, #mentalhealthawareness, #mentalwellbeing, #NaPoWriMo, #napowrimo2023, #naturepoetry, #oceanpoetry, #poetryheals, #poetrythattouchestheheart, #poetrythattouchesthesoul, #stress, #versesandhues, #void

13 Jun

Poem: Have I Failed?

Some day I’m enough Some day I lose myself Some day I flow with life Some day life is strife – Some mornings bring hope I am at peace with myself Some mornings I lose the will The...

#depression, #feelinglonely, #iamenough, #learningtoflow, #life, #lifeiscomplicated, #lifepoetry, #lovehurtsalot, #mentalhealth, #mentalhealthawareness, #mentalwellbeing, #poetrythattouchestheheart, #poetrythattouchesthesoul, #versesandhues

11 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 11: An anecdote of how I met her

NaPoWriMo Day 11: Today, I’d like to challenge you to write a poem about a very large thing. It could be a mountain or a blue whale or a skyscraper or a planet or the various contenders for the...

#depression, #emotionalpoetry, #feelings, #mentalhealth, #mentalwellbeing, #NaPoWriMo, #napowrimo2022, #poetrychallenge, #thoughts, #versesandhues

15 Jun

Lend a listening ear…because depression kills

It’s devastating. It’s shocking. It’s unbelievable. Depression takes away another gem. What kind of a superficial world do we live in where we are surrounded with friends, people who pretend to love us, people who actually care for us...

#depression, #mental awareness, #mental health, #musings, #psychological, #thoughts

05 May

Some days

Some days I’m not myselfbut still I am there, alive Some days I don’t feel like doing anythingbut still I end up doing all the chores Some days I don’t want to assess if everything is in orderbut...

#confusion, #coronavirus, #depression, #life, #musings, #pandemic, #poetrychallenge

15 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 15: My monologue

Our prompt for today (optional, as always), takes its inspiration from the idea of a poem as a sort of tiny play, which can be performed dramatically. In the 1800s, there was quite a fad for monologue-style poems that...

#anxiety, #depression, #feelings, #introspection, #life, #mental health, #monologue, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2019, #poem, #questions, #solitude, #thoughts, blog

24 Mar

Annihilate Your Worries

A pest that feasts on your peace Worry is a crippling disease Stripping you of your strength It drains energy like slow poison It has the power to impair your future It has the tenacity...

#anxiety, #belief, #blessings, #challenge, #depression, #disease, #dreams, #fears, #feelings, #frustration, #peace, #pest, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #strength, #thoughts, #words, #worries, #worry, blog

12 Feb

What achievement means to me

We struggle night and day To keep our miseries at bay Fraught in the race to success We always feel distressed Why are we so insensitive to self? Why can’t we applaud ourselves? Why we...

#achievement, #award, #brilliance, #depression, #fear, #fearless, #freeverse, #gratitude, #humility, #inspiration, #integrity, #life, #motivation, #nature, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #sincerity, #success, #winner, #words

28 Nov

Haibun: The Writing Therapy

Toni is hosting Haibun Mondays at dVerse. She wants us to write about our plans for our writing in a haibun. Writing is therapeutic for me. It pulls me out of the clutches of darkness where I wander...

#3lines, #challenges, #depression, #dVerse, #failure, #game, #haibun, #haiku, #haiku horizons, #inspiration, #introspection, #life, #micropoetry, #perception, #plans, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #puzzle, #struggles, #success, #therapy, #thoughts, #words, #writing

21 Nov

Poem: Please Don’t Judge Me!

I enjoy some tasks But I detest others too I can work all day But I respite some days too I value your concern But please don’t judge me! I like to be modest But I...

#assessment, #care, #concern, #depression, #evaluation, #feelings, #inspiration, #judge, #judgemental, #life, #opinion, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #pressure, #privacy, #rational, #society, #stress, #thoughts, #value, #views, #words

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