Whether writing or in a relationship, the most important thing is to be yourself. I personally have a hard time hanging on to that. I am a chameleon and tend to lose myself as I mold myself around what other people want and expect. It isn't a conscious thing. Somewhere along the way I suddenly see that I am not me anymore, and have to figure out how to get back to me again. In this relationship I'm trying to stay more aware, but I still find myself slipping away on occasion. It is a struggle and I'm holding onto me as hard as I can.
Suggested Poetry Form: Shape Poetry This form can be fun to play with. I suggest free writing and then playing with the shape of them after.
Being yourself |
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Poetry Prompt:
Ask yourself, "If I were me..." what would that look like? Who are you really? Have you lost yourself in being a mother, wife, girlfriend, boyfriend, husband, father?Suggested Poetry Form: Shape Poetry This form can be fun to play with. I suggest free writing and then playing with the shape of them after.
Word Prompts:
authentic
lost
found
truly me
Please explore poetry without rules, but don't try to fix anyone. Some of us love to explore the darker side and we just want to be heard. If the words you read touch you in some way, share what you love about the poem, what speaks to you, what makes you feel deep in your bones, but no giving advice or words of wisdom. That isn't what this is about.
Remember, our prompts are only suggestions, you can find your inspiration wherever your muse leads you. Please visit the other participants, share the hashtag, #OctPoWriMo on social media, and share your link in the comments below. Let us know how this journey into poetry is going for you.
Willow a.k.a. MDragonwillow, author of Wild Woman Waking & Dancing within Shadow, is a Bodywork transformer, dancing poet, motivator of words, magical instigator and creatrix of #OctPoWriMo & #PoetsonthePage.
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Happy Sunday! :)
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Lovely :)
Deletehttps://peacockpoetryblog.wordpress.com/2018/10/14/yin-and-yang/
ReplyDeleteAnother very positive and inspiring verse from you :)
DeleteCourtesy warning for harsh language on this one.
ReplyDeleteNot Your Fat Joke
As acerbic it can get..Another powerful rant from you. Loved it.
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ReplyDeleteI am sorry I shared the wrong link earlier.
ReplyDeletehttps://paeansunpluggedblog.wordpress.com/2018/10/14/shape-of-me/
aye, well said and a wonderful truth
Delete'Tethered to myself' - now there's security for you. Wonderful piece!
DeleteFinally! One really needs patience to create a Shape Poetry.
ReplyDeleteMy take on the prompt.
https://musingssurvive.blogspot.com/2018/10/question-mark-shape-poetry.html
very nice, loved it.
DeleteThank you Ron :)
DeleteAnother botanical-themed one! Again, not at all what I was expecting to get from this prompt.
ReplyDeletehttp://biancasbookblog.blogspot.com/2018/10/octpowrimo-2018-day-14-if-i-were-me.html
I love the image of leaves unfurling! It's definitely very appropriate and resonates so well!
DeleteHow suprised I was when today's prompt took me in a positive direction! https://unassortedstories.wordpress.com/2018/10/14/if-i-were-me/ I don't think it's very poetic, but I do like its message.
ReplyDeleteIt is, too, poetic! <3 Just what I needed today too. Lovely piece!
DeleteGood morning! I used the Joseph's Star form for this one.
ReplyDeleteFinding My Way
I like it very much! And you got the form down so beautifully too!
DeleteThe shape is like nothing I've ever seen. Maybe the poem is like something I've never written. lol
ReplyDeletehttps://castingsuspicion.blogspot.com/2018/10/the-gift.html
Nicely shaped and very introspective. :)
DeleteIt's a shape as unique as your poem, and I love the way you've spaced the definitions and what is, and what is not.
DeleteThank you both.
DeleteThis was a fun form to attempt. Shape poetry can be fun but also extremely irritating. Experienced both while coming up with today's effort
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Oh *nicely* done dagger! It fits the theme so well too. I hear you there - irritating is a mild word for it.
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ReplyDeleteI like shaped poems, but they can be amazingly irritating and patience-testing. I also have no patience to shape it on the computer so I did it the only way I know how: via hand-lettering. It's not great (poem or shape) but it's the best I got today.
ReplyDeletehttps://shukuen.blogspot.com/2018/10/octpowrimo-2018-day-14-mirror-mirror.html
Building the shape was challenging, but the poem wrote itself:
ReplyDeletehttp://tao-talk.com/2018/10/14/poetry-day-14-if-i-were-me/
Here is my poem #14 for If I were Me
ReplyDeletehttps://poetryforhealing.com/2018/10/14/shedding-skin/
So moving.
DeleteThank you 🙂 I really appreciate your feedback
Deletehttps://talesofafamily.blog/2018/10/14/in-a-perfect-world/#more-14763
ReplyDeleteI feel you on the time slipping by! I love how you address all the 'not have to worries'.
DeleteThis one didn't inspire anything specific to it, either. So, as a result, I went in another direction. The poem below was actually written for the prompt of "insecurity" but didn't fit in the slightest. It somewhat fits today's, though.
ReplyDeleteTitle: "The Autopsy of John Doe"
https://spiralartist.wordpress.com/2018/10/14/the-autopsy-of-john-doe-day-fourteen/
https://barbarahuntington.com/2018/10/14/octpowrimo-2018-day-14-if-i-were-the-me/
ReplyDeletehttps://missdragonlady.blogspot.com/2018/10/octpowrimo-day-14-if-i-were-me.html
ReplyDeletethis is my first time ever, an attempt at shape poetry... so I chose a easy shape PEN,,, yet a powerful one …most powerful weapon for the betterment of humanity...
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I
me
you
every
anyone
I write about
write on paper
ink drains on paper
words flow on to paper
pen moves on the paper
thoughts as of who am I
thoughts of as how am I
I am what my thought is
thought as purity check
purity as in its intent
thoughts are into action
Actions made into habits
Habits fall into culture
cultures make communities
communities are humanity
humanity is our creation
thought moves the creation
thought, action and reaction
tremendous impact on creation
it impacts the internal world
it impacts the external world
destiny is written by the pen
the pen that puts the thought
down
sr
Fantastic - and Yes yes yes!
DeleteA shape poem. A theater of the soul. https://hittingthemark-jones.blogspot.com/2018/10/i-am-me.html
ReplyDeleteAdding mine this morning: https://charmedchaos.com/2018/10/15/i-am-water/
ReplyDeleteI adored this - the lyrical quality as soothing as the sound of a steam or a fountain.
DeleteIf I Were Me!
ReplyDeleteDon't really know what I did! Here's my entry -
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My day 14 offering https://thewabisabiwriter.blogspot.com/2018/10/si-jetais-moi-meme.html
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