The Blessing Of The Soup

Thanks Paula, I second you on the difference the Soup has made to me and the quality of my writing too. I really was so so fortunate to come across it in my search to reach out with poetry :-D Enjoy your weekend ahead and hoping you are keeping well xx

Hello Natasha, Your welcome. I have been a widow now for 10 years. I have grieved for 3years. I read a poem from from one of the poets several times. it healed me. Poetry soup can be healing. it was for me just found the right poem to read several times. Since then I have moved on. blessings my friend. /Darlene/

Thank you Darlene, so sorry to hear about your loss, new to grief myself recently and it hasn't processed in the way I would have expected it too. What's lovely here is that we all share in the joy and the power of poetry even in our own grief, we can unite and have that empathy and feel together in what ever we are going through. I hope you are feeling ok and sending warmth your way xx

Thanks Andrea, such a lovely thing to say. I joined back in 2021. I was looking for a way to get my poetry out there. In my search, I found poetry soup. Because of this community, I've discovered more poetry in me that I ever would have thought would be there. The prompts for contests and just reading what others have created helped me see that there didn't always have to be a reason to write. From the confines of get well wishes, thank you, thinking of you and happy anniversary, I learned that we could just write about mundane everyday things and raise them yo glory with our words. I first realised this when I read a poem on here called "ode to marmite" and it just gave me a whole new perspective on poetry and I recognised the fun in it. From there it grew and got better and better. Not looked back since. You're an amazing community and one of the best things in life was finding the soup :-D

Thanks Tania. Yes made some nice poet buddies on here. But the poetry has helped a great deal this past year or so. Words aren't enough to stress the difference it has made during a difficult period of time. Poetry and I will combine future forward and take on whatever comes. Being on here and sharing a mutual love of creative writing with so many spirited and loving people is amazing and has been a comfort. Warm wishes Tania. :-D

Thanks Douglas, I like to try to have a balance of feelings in the poems because we know life isn't always sunshine and daisies. But do try to end on a positive even if there's negative in it, as I hope to uplift or inspire or both :-D thanks for your thoughts on the balance, Im glad to hear that things are coming across in the poems :-D enjoy your writing and have a lovely day.

Good day Natasha I love the connections through poetry It's a great way of expressing feelings both positive and negative and being supportive Blessings Douglas

Thank you Dorothy for such an uplifting comment. You really are going to love it on here! I joined about five years ago and have found creativity growing. It has broadened my horizons and brought out poems I didn't know were in me. Immerse yourself in the stir of this Soup. You won't look back :-D Warm wishes x

Thank you Karen, yes, I really don't know what I'd so without poetry. It literally keeps us buoyant when things try to drag us under. :-D so happy that it resonates.

It truly is home from home. Thank you so much for your warm sentiments. It means a lot :-D

Thanks Mark :-D