I am experienced in allowing my grief to move my pen, or move my fingers over my keyboard.
I am less practiced in talking about how my experience of disability impacts my grieving process.

Last month I was given an opportunity by Let's Talk About Loss for #DisabilityPrideMonth

https://letstalkaboutloss.org/2025/07/23/reach-out-your-hand-on-finding-the-courage-to-ask-for-help/

#amwriting #disability #grief #mentalhealth #selfcare #suicideloss

In my latest #Substack post, I'm reflecting on an experience from last summer in my favourite woodland. A kind stranger went out of their way, and I didn't get to thank them.

https://theartypoet.substack.com/p/a-letter-to-the-mystery-flower-arranger

#amwriting #disability #grief #griefsky #mentalhealth #selfcare #suicideloss

People speak of fog
Grief settles akin to mist
Encompassing soul

#dailyhaikuprompt #grief #haiku #MastoPoets #mentalhealth #micropoetry #poetrycommunity #selfcare #suicideloss

True friends share courage
Offering a safe harbour
When the world is harsh

#dailyhaikuprompt #grief #haiku #MastoPoets #mentalhealth #micropoetry #poetrycommunity #selfcare #suicideloss

Today I learned about the 'American sentence' - Allen Ginsberg's alternative to haiku.

My response?

'Counting not feeling'
Mr. Ginsberg expounded
I weep in haiku.

#grief #haiku #mentalhealth #MastoPoets #micropoetry #poetrycommunity #selfcare #suicideloss

Language has limits
Speaking the unspeakable
Is how we stay here.

#grief #haiku #MastoPoets #mentalhealth #micropoetry #poetrycommunity #selfcare #suicideloss

Foolish feelings burn
Nothing can change the outcome
Only grief remains

#grief #haiku #MastoPoets #mentalhealth #micropoetry #poetrycommunity #selfcare #suicideloss #vss365

Stubborn silence reigns
Grief gets lost in translation
We need wiser words.

#grief #haiku #mentalhealth #micropoetry #poetrycommunity #selfcare #suicideloss #vss365

Emerging from ice
Breathing in the aftermath
Grief thaws so slowly

#grief #haiku #MastoPoets #mentalhealth #micropoetry #poetrycommunity #selfcare #suicideloss #vss365