Over the summer I took part in a free writing course courtesy of the lovely Beth Kempton. I decided to use the prompts in conjunction with art journaling as I could see it might be helpful in processing grief over Mum’s death. Each day had a colour theme and you were encouraged to explore what that might mean through a series of questions and associated poetry reflections.
Orange
A conversation with a tree.
Blue
A poem where the last word in one line became the first in the next, I’m not entirely sure but I think the technical term is enjambment.
Pink
This was inspired by photographs taken on my 3rd birthday.
A Pink Haiku:
Birthday pink in June
Pink sunset on that last day
A cocoon of love.
Yellow
‘From a seed of a lemon’ short story.
Brown
An autumn poem for Mum.
White
Social Media, Friend, Foe or Lifeline.
Black
For anyone who might be interested Beth also has a lovely podcast entitled 'The Calm Christmas Podcast' it is full of lovely poems, stories, reflections and recipes and it's just the thing on the run up to Christmas.
2 comments:
A lovely journal, full of good thoughts and precious memories. Hoping the
College Commute is working out OK.
Thanks Ang ❤️. Yes the journal was very healing and much needed. The college commute is tricky in so many ways not just for Dave and I but for Pip too who is doing all the work. I can see that it would be all too easy to become despondent and that is why I just need to keep my eyes on Jesus, whilst the storm swirls around me xx
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