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i’ve only been doing it for a couple of days but it’s a really good brain warm-up & writing exercise!!! u can keep it short & sweet & there’s no pressure for it 2 b anything special. & it’s also fun trying to draw thematic & narrative links between such random words. it’s also helping me branch out with my starter word……. can’t have all my poems start with roast
Apr 28, 2024
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it used to be my main hobby as a kid until i fell off & became brain rotted by the internet. of course my attention span is cooked and i usually get the feeling that I hate what I’m writing. it rlly feels like ,GRRRAHHHHH pulling teeth out, but i need it. once the poem is done it’s done & it usually only takes me maximum 20 mins. It’s like brain exercise to train the skill I lost. i may not love what I write all the time but i know it’s part of the process
i really use to come up w an original limerick or freestyle poem every morning while tying my shoes & now I can’t fathom how I ever put anything to paper. gotta start back up somewhere no pain no gain 💪
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It doesn’t have to be good or take a long time! Get your thoughts out, experiment with words and maybe share with a friend.
Mar 26, 2024
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consistency makes you better, setting a kind of low goal for yourself is a good way to get going. i don't really want to be a poet, but it's nice to feel like i'm slowly being better at poetry and it's just something i can do now. do this with any type of writing for results!!
Nov 25, 2024
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Feb 1, 2024
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romanticise ur blunders & ur missteps, bc that is just part of being a creature. if u saw a duckling fall flat on its face and scramble 2 its feet u wouldn't judge the freakin duckling, u would think it was the cutest thing ever. because it is. we r just organisms in big ungainly bodies, and that is part of our charm. tripping over ur own feet is maybe the most adorable thing u can do. like awwhh u tripped on the pavement </333
this extends 2 social interactions 2. messaging exes that u miss them, making a joke that doesn't land, mishearing/not knowing/forgetting something, etc??!!?! SO SWEET. genuinely such wonderful & important & adorable things 2 do.
i think this is maybe the best thing i've ever managed 2 train my brain 2 do. it isn't foolproof but it makes life a lot gentler.
Feb 5, 2024
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just about everything that happens to you will be interesting to your future self/your descendants/archaeologists. immortalise your to do lists, shopping lists, packing lists, things that loved ones say, things that strangers say, the phrases you hear that would make a good band name. brainstorm what to do on the weekend, list your cravings, the songs stuck in your head, transcribe birdsong, etc. i track my periods & my finances in my journal. sometimes if i really want to take a photo of something i'll restrain myself and draw it in my journal instead. sometimes i take notes for uni in there, or draft sewing patterns, or sketch when im bored. journals are self-portraits!!!!!!!
Apr 21, 2024