Plenty of us have come across the above meme, or a version of it, especially over the past 18 months. Self-care is so important. What do you do for self-care? Take a walk? Stretch? Bathe? Meditate? Consider writing about that.
Alternatively, you can take the idea of the cup itself, literally and/or metaphorically. What do you do to 'fill up your cup'? What empties it? Or maybe you have a favourite cup that you drink from now, or remember a favourite cup from childhood (shout-out to the plastic Tommee Tippee sippy cup with ducks on it from my childhood that my son still drinks from now at his grandparents' house!).
Word prompts
weight
spill
load
water
balance
Remember, our prompts are only suggestions; you can find your inspiration wherever your muse leads you. Please visit the other participants' work, 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.
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https://paeansunpluggedblog.wordpress.com/2021/10/25/filling-my-cup-octpowrimo/
ReplyDeleteToday's poem Distract the Ghosts.
ReplyDeleteComing out of a long bath.
ReplyDeleteThis will be today's offering
https://dawnsnight.wordpress.com/2021/10/26/washing-dishes/