🌿 Welcome to this new group! I’m so excited to meet you all and see what we create together! ✨ Please introduce yourself below and tell us a little about you, where you’re from and what brings you here. Are you interested in poetry, filmmaking, photography, creativity, healing or simply finding your flow? Can’t wait to get to know you! 💚

This poem began with a prompt from the last poetry session I attended with Keiron Higgins and Toria Garbutt. TRY THIS PROMPT ✍️ “𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺” Using the words: “𝗰𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿” Please see my example below : 𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗜’𝗠 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 🌧️☕ A reflection on memory, weather, connection and the quiet ways we carry things together. “𝗦𝗵𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝗼” is a Yorkshire expression meaning closed, and “𝗯𝗿𝗲𝘄” is a Northern English term for a cup of tea. Both are part of the everyday language and voice of where I’m from. I’ve also been exploring how EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) tapping and poetry can work together. EFT tapping in poetry blends rhythmic verse with acupressure point stimulation. Spoken-word rhythms, affirmations and mindful poems can be paired with tapping sequences to create a calming, embodied creative practice. How poetry and tapping work together: • Rhythm + flow: Spoken verse creates a natural cadence that can help regulate breathing and focus the mind. • Emotional expression: Poems can put feelings into words, giving us a way to acknowledge what we’re carrying. • Mindful repetition: Repeated lines can become comforting, melodic mantras. #Poetry #SpokenWordPoetry #InstaPoetry #EFTTapping #PoetryPrompt #CreativeWriting #YorkshirePoetry #PoetryAndHealing

There is a building that was once a home Inside is his room Perfectly preserved like the paint that clings to the walls The jacket's on the hook The crumpled notes of paper remain on the desk The artist's toolkit is untouched by other hands There is no clock here And no expiration date for grief You could be forgiven for thinking his absence is temporary, like the sun's farewell at night The summer has gone Now the rain replaces the tears He has not gone He lives in the world unseen Where time has no meaning and love is undiminished

I'm Eva, from Portland, Oregon, USA. I'm a poet, musician and philosophizer. An observer of myself relating to how I observe my perceptions has been growth on a large scale throughout the awareness of my existence. I'm very visual, as well. My poetry usually begins with a comprehensive thought, the point, that presents as I've worked through hypotheses sorting confusion to match conclusions of Truth. Poetry is how I prove and validate the point further to myself in written form. It comes forth as a stream through my conduits with a pen or an instrument. I start writing what has popped in my head and it flows out until the circle is complete or the point sufficiently made! My visualizations are in my head and music is a very important basis of Truth for me. My time is quite limited as my husband is terminally ill and now on hospice, but looking forward to participating more fully as I can. Nice to be here and get to know you. Thank you🙏🏼

So lovely to have you here. This is a space to explore poetry, creativity, art, photography, film and ideas, and hopefully to feel inspired to make, write and share along the way. I’ve added a little video for you today, featuring one of my favourites: a relaxing cup of chamomile tea and one of my poems, Observer. Wishing you all a relaxing day. And here’s a little poetry prompt for you: Write down how your body is feeling today, and the conscious decisions you make to feel more at peace and able to move through the day with ease. Here’s mine below. @Norah Hamill @Elizabeth Radice @Frances Silva @Eva Savicki @Sharon Mason @Charlotte Romy Pamela Grotts @Max Gatehouse Enjoy! And get the brew on! ☕️✨