I am sharing it because I'm kind of proud of myself that I managed to squeeze all eight words that were set for this prompt into that piece. And the words were stand heave, whispering green palpitate, mouth sweat and around. And I do these exercises for that very reason. They are just exercises. And today, 31 March marks my two year year poetry anniversary
Hi, Ed and Nikki. Congratulations on your poetry anniversary. I wonder how you know it's a specific day. I'm curious about that or why it's only been two years
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@nourishyou · 1:54
And then a poem came, and I'd been wanting to write for a while during the lockdowns, while I'd been listening to a lot of instagram lives where poets were sharing, and I enjoyed listening, but I hadn't really worked out how to write myself or what to write about without kind of feigning or copying stuff. So it wasn't until something in me shifted that I got that sort of inspiration to write. So it was my you know, it was a moment for me