Read a new poem on the theme of Risk from community correspondent Angela McCrimmon We’re too afraid to take a risk for fear that we might fail, We refuse to jump onboard too afraid we might derail, We seem to live our lives with only half a heart, We feel the negativity before we even […]
A few months back community correspondent Laura McGlinn posted a lovely poem entitled Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Me. This Summer, for the Alliance Creative Competition, Laura produced a video recital of her poem that she is delighted to share with us.
A poem from our Community Correspondent Derek Read The Wounded Healer I lost my way holding on to a semblance of respectability, thinking I had to endure that which was painful-destructive And losing my status, my job, my position I found again words, words and people who loved words And something they were difficult words […]
A poem by our Community Correspondent John Dane Change The past we cannot live in The present it must be The future we must look to It was always up to me This journey an be lonely If you don’t seek support change can make a difference get out from your fort From being just […]
We’re pleased to present a poem from our newest community correspondent, Maureen Gilmour. It’s called The Orchestration of My Anxiety. Tap, tap,the conductor holds his baton….here it starts. Drum roll…..thrumming vibration in my torso….the tremor, shaking begins. Palpitations. …faster and faster the beat increases. My heart pounding in my ears, the echo like a Base […]
At Mind Waves, we know the power of a story. So, we were really interested to hear about a new project from Migrant Voice Network that will offer 18-30 year-olds the chance to learn skills and tell their story of migration and how it has affected their lives. A Story in a Poem will run […]
A poem from our Community Correspondent Derek Read This poem was written after I attended the funeral of Alexander (Sandy) Hutchison, the award-winning Scottish poet and translator who died in November 2015 after a short illness. I knew him well through the poetry scene, as the partner of a member of my Quaker meetings and […]
A poem about self-stigma and prejudice from our Community Correspondent Robert Terry Fight with Power ‘n’ Truth, 22/05/2015 I found prejudice in my head We all breathe air ‘n’ we all bleed red Find the prejudice in your head Evicted said prejudice from my head We all… bleed red Deal with the prejudice own your […]
It’s amazing the difference that getting out and meeting people can make when you are depressed. I met a brilliant group of women at Revive in Castlemilk recently. They have taken over a church hall in their community and transformed it into a real hub. One of the group members wrote this poem about the […]
At our latest Mind Waves meeting, Community Correspondent Derek read us his latest poem and in the usually lively room, there was silence. I think we all understood the feeling of dark times approaching and were moved by the sense of humour and hope in his words. Here they are. Autumn skinny dipping I’ve had […]
