Poetry Challenge - Week Thirty-One
Week 31 words from @our_sacred_ordinary: endless, perspective, womb, distant and relationship.
shift your perspective
from all your endless tasks
to the present moment
and your relationship
with authenticity
hold out your tongue
and taste the air
open your ears
and hear the earth
turn your distant longing
into a womb
and nurture hope
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Here are the words and my poem for the thirty-first week of the 2019 Poetry Challenge.
As I sat down with this week's words to write a poem, I tapped into how I was feeling and what I might want to say / share. As I put pen to paper I started to feel stressed about getting it 'right'. I managed to realise what I was doing and reminded myself to enjoy the process of creating the poem rather than trying to force the result or rush the process. Changing my perspective made writing this poem fun.
If you want to join the 2019 Poetry Challenge, head on over to my Instagram account (@indraniperera) where I post the words for the week on Mondays (mostly) in my story. Write a poem and post it. Be sure to tag me and use the hashtags #2019poetrychallenge and #livepoetsclub.
If you don't want to write a poem, you can still be part of the 2019 Poetry Challenge. Send me five random words and I'll use them in a poem. Either DM me on Instagram with the words or send me an email (indrani at indraniperera dot com).
Happy writing!