Hello my dear readers and welcome to yet another #WordyandWheelyWednesdays post where I'm writing about something different from what I expected to be. (This seems to be becoming a habit!)
Those of you who know me 'in real life' will most likely be aware that I write poetry. Often, especially when I'm stressed or need a more structured emotional outlet, this poetry takes the form of sonnets. In an effort to honour the pledge I made in last week's post (but have been working on for some time) to be more celebratory of my difference, I have found myself writing them more regularly. Indeed, over the last little while, what I thought was a sporadic smattering of verses usually penned in breaks from PhD work has become a more substantial project. Still only in breaks from my PhD, mind you, but more than just the occasional verse.
These poems have allowed me time to reflect on my thesis, my body, and the way that these two things are inextricably intertwined yet also almost mutually destructive - and I've come to rely on their fourteen lines as a slice of sanity in a cake that can sometimes feel as if it's filled with nothing but confusion and chaos. So much so that I now have quite a few, and I plan to keep going.
I'm not quite sure where they'll all end up, but may publish some on here, if that would be of interest?
Let me know - for now, though, I'm just sending love and thanks to you all for putting up with my ponderings - and offering you the picture below, which is my desktop background, and represents my 'mind's eye'! Pretentious, moi!?
These poems have allowed me time to reflect on my thesis, my body, and the way that these two things are inextricably intertwined yet also almost mutually destructive - and I've come to rely on their fourteen lines as a slice of sanity in a cake that can sometimes feel as if it's filled with nothing but confusion and chaos. So much so that I now have quite a few, and I plan to keep going.
I'm not quite sure where they'll all end up, but may publish some on here, if that would be of interest?
Let me know - for now, though, I'm just sending love and thanks to you all for putting up with my ponderings - and offering you the picture below, which is my desktop background, and represents my 'mind's eye'! Pretentious, moi!?
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