In Sickness and Poetry

I took Emily to a kids poetry workshop earlier this week with Conrad Burdekin.  It was great fun and Conrad showed us how to form a basic poem.

Those of you who follow me will know I write about my illness, to give me an outlet for frustrations and to talk about how it makes me feel.

I wrote a few simple poems, very simple, think I have a lot to learn, but it’s a good distraction trying to think up words and a way to describe how I am feeling and it keeps it light hearted rather than a moan.

So here we are my attempts

I’m looking for some energy,
Mine has left the building,
I wish they sold it in the shop
I’d be right there with my shilling!

I hurt all over,
What a pain,
That’s another day
Down the drain!

Time for bed,
I’m feeling tired
Hope when I get there
I’m not too wired

Round and round in my head,
The rhyming words are busy,
It’s better than the normal stuff,
That makes me really dizzy