Without realising I seem to have been preparing my second poetry collection. I haven't published my first yet but all the advice I have read or heard about writing encourages us to keep going and keep creating. The theme of my second collection will be Hope, following on from the first, Crisis. This poem, written… Continue reading Our Hopes for You
Author: Kirstie Sivapalan
Writer. Poet. Indie Kid. Crystal Lady. Pisces. Enthuser. Cheerleader (but not with pom-poms). Helper. Geordie ex-Londoner escaped to the country. #pwME. Sharer of stuff I know. Lover of trees, teas, otters, being calm and having plenty of space to breathe. Left leaning, but also centre-left, and green, and sometimes neither left nor right nor centre. Often, but not always, found on Twitter @KirstieSivaP
Life as of 31st January 2020 (I am with you)
It hurts to move, to disappoint the ones you love I am with you. There is pain in your eyes, as you leave your friends behind I am with you. There is a lump in your throat, as you watch it fade away I am with you. There is hope in your heart that it will… Continue reading Life as of 31st January 2020 (I am with you)
The President’s Defense
*Wouldn’t it be great if people did what I wanted?Followed all my beliefs, knew my right and my wrong?What a world of perfection and precision I'd have,if you all just could join in, my global song. Any "outliers" of course would be found and removed,hidden from view, as best I can.Then I could give everyone… Continue reading The President’s Defense
Hope’s Spring
I wonder if it is born from Death – hope? Decay that falls back into the deepStripped down to whirring electrons, to the echo of life before retaining one thing, and is that thing – hope? not the seed but the thought of the seed,the breath, no the mere idea of the breathof its existence, and… Continue reading Hope’s Spring
Eviction Notice
Eviction notice Once we were neighbours. We built homes of clay, and oak. One night while I was sleeping, you came, and took the Brick that I had laid close to the back door, the one I never noticed. The next day you sold it back to me and found you could buy two in… Continue reading Eviction Notice
Start the healing
Addendum: It saddens me that our current government is using "healing" in their language for political gain. Healing is required, yes, but healing that is used for the benefit of a select group is not healing at all, it is ego. We do need to work to support each other, whatever our view, but we… Continue reading Start the healing
A Story by Numbers
A poem about perspective For video version (5 min long) please visit my YouTube channel, click here Which number are you? This poem, in the form of classical storytelling, was created in a response to the political climate, especially the UK, where discourse involving different perspectives has been overthrown in favour of zero-sum warring sides of… Continue reading A Story by Numbers
United Not Divided
Divide Defied Decide What side Desist Resist Insist In this Divine Define Refine In time Inside Refind Remind Our kind Relate Innate Debate Our fate Reveal Unseal Unsee We're free Our Fight Our Might Our Sight Unite! Video version below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ2eU8NXnNU
Your beauty radiates.
For the Youtube version please click here. My latest poem, below, which follows on from my most recent post, is a reflection on the messages we receive every day about who we should be and what we should value - money, fame, power, success. All of these messages, and the constant bombardment of such, can… Continue reading Your beauty radiates.
Only love
No poem or funny story for you. Just some thoughts and a plan... It's been a difficult week Less By Thursday the combination of the confirmation of that individual as leader of the Conservative Party, which supposedly makes him my PM, the way above average or even peak temperature that day and M.E symptoms were… Continue reading Only love
Writing and M.E. 