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Mel - Hopes Whisper Poetry

@hopeswhisperpoetry.bsky.social

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Poet & writer ✍️ sharing words to wash the worries away, find the 🌈through the heaviest rain☔. Even in the darkest of days, Hope Gently Whispers you could try again. (Mum to an Angel, and Author of Finley's Footprints 👣)

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Mel - Hopes Whisper Poetry @hopeswhisperpoetry.bsky.social · 27d

October is pregnancy and baby loss awareness month, so I'm joining in with #captureyourgrief. Day 1's prompt is Sunrise.

Mel - Hopes Whisper Poetry @hopeswhisperpoetry.bsky.social · Sep 27

We are devasted. Abd traumatised. There is a go fund me to help towards the costs of surgery and recovery www.gofundme.com/manage/help-...

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Mel - Hopes Whisper Poetry @hopeswhisperpoetry.bsky.social · Sep 27

My tiny bundle of fluff was viciously attacked at exmouth beach last night by two dogs. They crushed his chest and broke his leg in 3 places. I pulled one dog off but didn't see the other. Their horrible owner shouted at me for having my dog on a lead 😭 he needs surgery to fix or amputate his leg

Shows a papillon looking over a wall at a beach

Mel - Hopes Whisper Poetry @hopeswhisperpoetry.bsky.social · Sep 3

An extract from my poem All You Would Have Been. September is tough after baby loss, a constant reminder of what should have been. #griefpoem #poetrycommunity #stillbirth

Photo shows a green front door of a red brick house, with green bushes to the side of the door. No child stands in front of it. The words read I lost the door step photo, i lost you on your skates. I lost you at the school gates and playing football with your mates. I didn't just lose my baby i lost all you would have been, from toddler to pensioner and everything in between.

Mel - Hopes Whisper Poetry @hopeswhisperpoetry.bsky.social · Aug 3

If anyone would like to make a donation in Finley's memory, on his 16th birthday, you can do so here www.facebook.com/share/19Mrjg... . It will go to the charity we set up, to provide parents with the support we didn't have available

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Mel - Hopes Whisper Poetry @hopeswhisperpoetry.bsky.social · Aug 2

Happy 16th birthday in the clouds Finley.

Shows a grave, with an elephant carved on it. There are blue stones at the base and a butterfly flower arrangement

Mel - Hopes Whisper Poetry @hopeswhisperpoetry.bsky.social · Aug 2

16 years feels like a lifetime ago - and yesterday. #stillbirth #babyloss #poetry #poem #griefpoem #griefrecovery #griefpoetry #imwriting

Two Thirds Of A Family

We passed twelve weeks; thought we were safe.
Nothing could happen after that date.

We had only to wait, two would become three.
Soon, we’d become our own little family.

We thought we had it all arranged,
but in an instant, everything changed.

The galloping horse slowed to a trot,
the most precious sound in the world just stopped.

Fast through the doors, a mask on my face.
A masked person to hold the mask in place.

Fell asleep, cheeks wet with my own tears.
Woke up. The words. Confusion. The fears.

We arrived ready for two to become three -
but instead, became two thirds of a family.

Mel - Hopes Whisper Poetry @hopeswhisperpoetry.bsky.social · Jul 31

I should be planning a 16th birthday party, but I'm decorating a grave instead.

Image shows a butterfly shaped oasis being filled in with yellow purple and white flowers

Mel - Hopes Whisper Poetry @hopeswhisperpoetry.bsky.social · Jul 29

What is a beta reader?

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Mel - Hopes Whisper Poetry @hopeswhisperpoetry.bsky.social · Jul 27

One thing i love about writing, is exploring to find things to write about. We are visiting family in the Midlands today, so stopped to look at the rock houses carved into the sandstone at Kinver Edge. Such a fascinating history dating back to 1745.

Image shows sandstone cliffs with small white cottages carved into them

Mel - Hopes Whisper Poetry @hopeswhisperpoetry.bsky.social · Jul 25

Pondering emotions today. Do you think a poetry collection needs to leave readers feeling happy/hopeful/inspired? Or is it ok that the story doesn't have a happy ending 😁 feeling the need to fix my imaginary readers

Mel - Hopes Whisper Poetry @hopeswhisperpoetry.bsky.social · Jul 24

Last year a friend asked if she could create an exhibition for her Masters degree in Fine Art using my poetry. At that point I hadn't published anything, just a few posts on Facebook. This blackout piece was taken from a #poem that demands action on preventing #stillbirth.

Image shows a paint pour background, in multiple colours with lines from a poem stuck on.

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Mel - Hopes Whisper Poetry @hopeswhisperpoetry.bsky.social · Jul 24

I have since had 3 step rewind and brainspotting, both of which i found are gentler but also helpful. I wish you strength and stubbornness for your healing journey. You deserve freedom

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Mel - Hopes Whisper Poetry @hopeswhisperpoetry.bsky.social · Jul 24

I had 4 courses of EMDR, over a couple of years. Each one changed my life. Nightmares i lived with for over a decade stopped after 3 sessions and never came back. I found putting a body healing like reiki between sessions helped a lot to release.

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Mel - Hopes Whisper Poetry @hopeswhisperpoetry.bsky.social · Jul 24

I like how you tied freedom and forgiveness

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Mel - Hopes Whisper Poetry @hopeswhisperpoetry.bsky.social · Jul 24

Oh thankyou for sharing. This helps too. Threads unravelling is really good description of forgiving

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Mel - Hopes Whisper Poetry @hopeswhisperpoetry.bsky.social · Jul 24

Ooh yes thankyou

Mel - Hopes Whisper Poetry @hopeswhisperpoetry.bsky.social · Jul 24

My poems are also unintentionally full of rage and regret 🤣 i thought I'd attempt a conscious attempt at lighter

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Mel - Hopes Whisper Poetry @hopeswhisperpoetry.bsky.social · Jul 24

Thankyou for sharing

Mel - Hopes Whisper Poetry @hopeswhisperpoetry.bsky.social · Jul 24

I'd like to read some to understand more about how you can say something specific, without actually saying something. My poetry is quite literal, and as someone who is neurodiverse i want to get better at using imagery

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Mel - Hopes Whisper Poetry @hopeswhisperpoetry.bsky.social · Jul 23

*can you help* #poets I'm looking for some symbolic #poemsabout forgiveness. Poems that imply "i forgive you" without saying those words. Metaphorical poems where there is a symbol of forgiveness hidden within

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Mel - Hopes Whisper Poetry @hopeswhisperpoetry.bsky.social · Jul 21

Scientists announce a whole world solar eclipse. It feels somewhat appropriate that this will fall on my dead son's birthday. Our whole world fell dark that day. We lived our own eclipse.

Images reads A special solar eclipse will bring six minutes of daytime darkness, one of the longest ever recorded. The moon will fully cover the sun, showing its fiery outer layer called the corona. The best views will be in North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Scientists say this rare event helps study the sun. Mark your calendars for August 2, 2027.

#SolarEclipse #SpaceEvent #Eclipse2027 #ScienceForAll #Astronomy and shows an eclipse over a desert

Mel - Hopes Whisper Poetry @hopeswhisperpoetry.bsky.social · Jul 20

A session of intentional writing today in nature. I'd like to add a handful of new poems to the first draft of my book. A new feeling... to sit and try to formulate sensible words. Usually poems or phrases arrive nearly fully baked in my mind 💁

#imwriting #firstdraft #poetry #poet #poetrylovers

Image shows a notebook with words in, and in the background fields and fences

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Mel - Hopes Whisper Poetry @hopeswhisperpoetry.bsky.social · Jul 17

Yesterday was a big step in my journey as a writer. I spoke to an editor, and am hoping to self publish my first poetry collection in November. He asked me to send a couple of poems so that we could get a sense of each other's work... And this was the lovely response I recieved. ❤️

Image says I'm all for people writing poetry, even if it's not that great (my own included).

But I can tell from a quick look at yours that you're gifted – and for me that makes it an added joy to work on these poems with you.

Thanks for sending them and I'll get to work on them in the next couple of days

Mel - Hopes Whisper Poetry @hopeswhisperpoetry.bsky.social · Jul 16

Hope is a beautiful thing, to rediscover it. To welcome it anew. The sunrise brings a sense of wonder, magic, awe - and hope. If the sun manages to rise, so can we! I met with an editor this morning. One step closer to releasing this collection into the world. 💫 #newpoetry #imwriting #poetrydebut