Do you want to ________? No. Will you _____________? No. You have to __________? No. My counselor struggled to get me to recognize I have choices. I kept saying, “I have to – “, “They make me -“, I truly believed I didn’t have a choice. He tried and tried to get me to see…
Links to explore: http://www.ptsd.org.uk/poems/ https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/a-poem-for-ptsd.219/ Please share a link to gohose the From my book We Are One. I’m bleeding I go to my parents – I’m bleeding. Oh honey I’m sorry to hear that, here’s a little band aid. But I’m bleeding a lot. You are just like everybody else. Everyone bleeds? Yes,…
Poets speak from their heart painting a mental image that touches their readers heart. Shakespeare……a bunch of cliches strung together…..is it cliche if he said if first…or is he just the most famous one to say it? http://www.shakespeares-sonnets.com/ Famous Poets http://www.famouspoetsandpoems.com/ Poetry Foundation http://www.poetryfoundation.org/ Why have links to poetry on a PTSD web page? PTSD…
Continuing with poems “As you ramble through Life, Brother, Whatever be your goal. Keep your eye upon the doughnut, And not upon the hole.” I learned the poem above from Dr. Banks over 30 years ago…..the one below I just found when I was looking for the other one. Their Points of View. ‘Twixt optimist…
This months is celebrating pocket poems. Put a poem in your pocket and share it with someone else. http://www.poets.org/national-poetry-month/poem-your-pocket-day PDF of poems suggested by the web site. http://www.poets.org/sites/default/files/PoemInYrPocketDay_2015_FINAL.pdf Poetry was always very important to me. Poems spoke to my heart when my head wasn’t listening. I think it is a lovely idea to have a…
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