Don’t bring back the Sunday fear
As the awful day draws near
when “It’s back to old priorities
to restart the Economy”…
Category: Mental Health
The Poet’s Sanity
WORDS CRASH AROUND MY HEAD
TOO MANY TO BE SAID…
Dear Alchohol
Dear Alcohol
We have had a long and bumpy relationship, but thank you for the haze. The half-oblivion when total oblivion seemed attractive.
We’ve had trial separations before, I know. But this time it feels different…
The Wrong Kind of Men
I’ve started to look at them again
Cynical, handsome drunken men
Trilbies perched poetically upon their troubled heads
Broken tired hearts made of lead….
HEY MRS AVERAGE – letter from a recovering narcissist
You’re nothing special you’re not so great
Take a look at yourself now you’re not off your face
Old Aunt Mediocrity knocks at your door
It’s starting to look like you were a fraud…
Poem for Mental Health Awareness Week
Inspired by Prince Willy
I rang the Mental Health
Thinking I could do with
A bit of that myself…
Acrostic poem
This is two acrostic poems. The first one using bad things I’ve been called and the second a much more positive interpretation!
Emma the weirdo, out of place
Manic – Depressive basket case
Miscreant, no control
Alcoholic, on the dole….
She Doesn’t Date
She doesn’t date
Or look for a mate
She ducks romance
With a polite “No Thanks…”
The Cake
It’s been a very busy week
No time to rest or bake
I felt tired and grumpy
Then Sue made me a cake…
DEAR MRS ANXIETY
DEAR MRS ANXIETY
PLEASE GIVE ME A BREAK
EVERY NIGHT I SWALLOW
THE PILLS THEY HAVE ME TAKE
I GO TO MY BED EARLY
I’VE STOPPED WATCHING THE NEWS
I ONLY SMOKE OCCASIONALLY AND
I’VE CUT RIGHT DOWN ON THE BOOZE…
Emma Scarr 