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Roses are red, violets are blue, here's a poetry thread, from me to you! (TW)

JynxModerator23 Jan 2024, 4:29 pm AEDT

Roses are red, violets are blue, here's a poetry thread, from me to you! (TW)

TW: Intense themes/potentially triggering content

Hey everyone, there's a few of us around that have spoken about their poetic streak, so I decided to create a space for folks to share their poetry!!

@creative_writer @tonys @tyme @Bow @Birdofparadise8 @ENKELI @Blackbird11 @Snowie @Captain24 @Shaz51 @Glisten @Former-Member @Jacques

Please also tag anyone who might want to have a read, or share some of their own!

You're welcome to share any kind of poems or small pieces of creative writing. Feel free to share some of your darker works if you have them, so long as they still remain within the bounds of the Guidelines, and please include trigger warnings and use spoiler tags as necessary.

Sometimes, this kind of deeper, more vulnerable form of expression can bring up some pretty heavy feelings. If you ever find yourself becoming distressed or dysregulated whilst sharing or reading along, please don't hesitate to reach out to your supports. The SANE line is full of lovely peeps who can sit with you through the darkness (Call 1800 187 263, Mon-Fri 10am-8pm). For out of hours support or for crisis, contact the following:

Lifeline: 13 11 14 or Crisis Chat

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If in immediate danger: 000

It's hard to be vulnerable. But seeing the deeper parts in others can give us the courage to share those deeper, sometimes very raw and emotional parts of ourselves, and see that we're not alone in this wild ride called life. I hope we can learn from each other, become closer and more connected, and find resonance in our shared human experience. I'll kick us off ~

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OaktreeSenior Contributor16 Feb 2024, 10:32 am AEDT

Re: Roses are red, violets are blue, here's a poetry thread, from me to you! (TW)

@tonys

Thanks for another beautiful poem Mr Wordman! I really enjoyed this one. Good ole Pea for giving you the inspiration.

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Shaz51Senior Contributor16 Feb 2024, 2:02 pm AEDT

Re: Roses are red, violets are blue, here's a poetry thread, from me to you! (TW)

Thanks for another beautiful poem @tonys 😎

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tonysSenior Contributor16 Feb 2024, 4:18 pm AEDT

Re: Roses are red, violets are blue, here's a poetry thread, from me to you! (TW)

Hello @Acanthiza . I always worried that this thread would wither on the vine like so many other

creative writing threads I come across. @Jynx 's room in Hotel Sane.. Still a glow through the old blinds. Thanks to those who keep it living.. I liked the stream of thought in

your words. Got me thinking. . . was the entity that made us, a god with mental health issues.

The excised issues of all the gods, stitched together. Perhaps they saw the sadness in perfection. .

Plastic Hollywood heavens, perfect skies, mourning the absence of good old fashioned, bad weather.

Anyway... your breeze made my windmills turn. thankyou.

@MermaidHair I love the little gem in your post about unhappy child and poetry. So much truth in that. We don't waste tears, do we. Save em till we have enough for a little brook and then somehow we have to make it flow..n glow.

Thanks to everyone for your kind words. Too many to list. Poets are like Pidgeon's. Few

breadcrumbs and thoughtful feet, keeps us happy. How are you @Emelia8. Is your little pooch all fluffy, dry, n safe now.

I've had some stern words with the weather man about that. LoL

Hi @Bunniekins . Your song was definitely me. thanks mate. Hi @Oaktree @Shaz51 @ENKELI And anyone

else who waters there pony here, have a beautiful day tonys..

🙂

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Emelia8Senior Contributor16 Feb 2024, 4:51 pm AEDT

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Ha ha @tonys 😂♥ yes thank you, my Hannah is currently dry, fluffy, and safe. Hoping the rain and storms from the past few days wrap up by tomorrow, so puppy classes can go ahead 🐶 this week.

Hope you are beginning to feel better 🌷🌻🌹

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EternalFlowerSenior Contributor17 Feb 2024, 6:51 pm AEDT

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keep writing @tonys

i read your beautiful poem about the pearls - it's all in the details - taking you right there and making you wander abou t t he person observing her as much as her - beauty is in the eye of the beholder 🙂

wow today was a day for me, i notice how things change instantly, the world is miraculous.

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AppleblossomSenior Contributor18 Feb 2024, 12:17 pm AEDT

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@tonys Lovely to read this thread invigorated by your courage and wit and sensitivity.

Hope all is good… up the top paddock!

I been busy and devices giving me the pip. Packing in and locking me out and all that.

Good thing is I have been busy and getting back into life. Not on a device. Hallelujah

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StuFSenior Contributor19 Feb 2024, 11:36 am AEDT

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Thanks all who have posted their works! I've not finished reading through the thread, but @KirSa_EnigmA I just had to say your poem Grabbed me. Love it.

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StuFSenior Contributor19 Feb 2024, 12:10 pm AEDT

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Hey @tonys @Jynx @Appleblossom @EternalFlower @Emelia8 and everyone. Finally read through this thread! Great stuff

Thought I might throw in something I wrote a couple of weeks back for my group facilitator when she left for new challenges...

Our guide in the darkness

A beacon of hope

One so sensitive

Sworn to help us cope

This sure symbiosis

Between student and sage

Mindful companions

Far beyond the page

Each week is a lesson

In how to succeed

A step-by-step journey

To turn thought into deed

Even now as she departs

There is much left to impart

But this end is just a start

And nothing can steal her from our hearts

StuF

PS The title "E" is the first initial of her first name. The original poem has her full first name, but thought it best to be completely anonymous

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PizzaMondoSenior Contributor19 Feb 2024, 12:18 pm AEDT

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Wow, I love this poem you've shared with us @StuF 🙂

Love your use of the word 'symbiosis' followed by 'student and sage' - so powerful to me.

And thank you for following guidelines and de-identifying!

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StuFSenior Contributor19 Feb 2024, 12:28 pm AEDT

Re: Roses are red, violets are blue, here's a poetry thread, from me to you! (TW)

Thanks @PizzaMondo !

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