Today is National Poetry Day, a UK-wide celebration of poetry and the theme this year is The Environment.
When I was younger, I used to love reading poems in school or even having a go at writing them myself. It allowed me to explore and make sense of my internal and external worlds, allowing me to play with language in a way that has no boundaries.
Poetry is a powerful tool that doesn’t just come from the words, but also the way they are written down or spoken aloud with expression. It is also great to deviate from that same old classic rhyming pattern and accept that poems do NOT have to rhyme!
You might be wondering what all this has to do with mental health! Like with all art forms, it is the freedom to express our thoughts, feelings, observations and experiences in our own unique way, a means by which we can talk about the things that matter to us.
Why not have a go at writing a poem yourself. Go out and explore the environment, look out the window, what can you hear, see, smell, feel to give you some inspiration.
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