CHRONIC PAIN VOICES - poetry and art contest
CHRONIC PAIN VOICES - a contest
Share your chronic pain related artwork and poetry with us!
Rules:
*** This contest is open to all members of the WEGO Health Chronic Pain community. Not a member? That's okay - sign up with WEGO Health, or in the Chronic Pain community by following the links now! It's free and open to everyone.
*** This contest is open to original poetry, music, painting, photography, videography, powerpoints, whatever you can think up and post here in this forum. The entries must be original works by the person posting.
*** This contest is for Chronic Pain related art and poetry.
*** Those Health Activists wanting to enter anonymously may do so by submitting their works to me privately, using their current usernames. Those pieces will receive an identifying number that does not disclose the artist/author's identity.
*** Please post original works you have created which are suitable to our family oriented site.
*** Please post works that have not been featured in any other WEGO Health contest.
*** No spam
*** This contest will run from February 27, 2009 through December 31, 2009.
*** Winners will be announced January 2010
How to enter:
Add your creations in the Reply box below. Written pieces can just be copied into the Reply box and added. You can add photos of your work by clicking the tiny blue and green box in the bar of the reply box. If you prefer to add something as an attachment, that little box will do the trick for you too. Feel free to add a short statement about what inspired your piece, or anything else that might interest those who see or hear it.
For those with videos they'd like to submit, add the video to Youtube, then go to your personal page here and add the video in the spot provided. When that's done, come back to this thread and link to your video in the reply box.
That's all there is to it. If you are a shy member and prefer to post anonymously, you can send me your work and I will post it for you without using your name.
More questions? Just ask!
Looking for ideas to begin your CHRONIC PAIN VOICES project? Read this post for ideas...
Kimberly at Living Whole with Chronic Pain has told me they are now featuring our contest on their site - Thank you LW! If you get a chance to stop by and visit, they are just the best. Tell them I said "hi" too. :)
Share your chronic pain related artwork and poetry with us!
Rules:
*** This contest is open to all members of the WEGO Health Chronic Pain community. Not a member? That's okay - sign up with WEGO Health, or in the Chronic Pain community by following the links now! It's free and open to everyone.
*** This contest is open to original poetry, music, painting, photography, videography, powerpoints, whatever you can think up and post here in this forum. The entries must be original works by the person posting.
*** This contest is for Chronic Pain related art and poetry.
*** Those Health Activists wanting to enter anonymously may do so by submitting their works to me privately, using their current usernames. Those pieces will receive an identifying number that does not disclose the artist/author's identity.
*** Please post original works you have created which are suitable to our family oriented site.
*** Please post works that have not been featured in any other WEGO Health contest.
*** No spam
*** This contest will run from February 27, 2009 through December 31, 2009.
*** Winners will be announced January 2010
How to enter:
Add your creations in the Reply box below. Written pieces can just be copied into the Reply box and added. You can add photos of your work by clicking the tiny blue and green box in the bar of the reply box. If you prefer to add something as an attachment, that little box will do the trick for you too. Feel free to add a short statement about what inspired your piece, or anything else that might interest those who see or hear it.
For those with videos they'd like to submit, add the video to Youtube, then go to your personal page here and add the video in the spot provided. When that's done, come back to this thread and link to your video in the reply box.
That's all there is to it. If you are a shy member and prefer to post anonymously, you can send me your work and I will post it for you without using your name.
More questions? Just ask!
Looking for ideas to begin your CHRONIC PAIN VOICES project? Read this post for ideas...
Kimberly at Living Whole with Chronic Pain has told me they are now featuring our contest on their site - Thank you LW! If you get a chance to stop by and visit, they are just the best. Tell them I said "hi" too. :)
Tags: Living with it, art, chronic pain, contest, poetry, therapy
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Permalink Reply by Amy K on -
How would you like our submissions? Where should we post them, if a piece of artwork, as a jpeg file?
Thanks for the information and for the challenge. This is a great place for us to get comfortable with exposing this side of ourselves! -
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Permalink Reply by Ellen S on -
Hi Amy, that's a great question! This is the first time I've tried a contest like this, so I'm still working out the kinks, lol. I have added instructions to the post, so hopefully that will answer most questions. What do you think?
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Permalink Reply by Amy K on
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Great instructions, Ellen! I am one of those people who turns their blinker on in an empty parking lot, you know, always like to know I am doing things the "right way". LOL! Thanks for your help!
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Permalink Reply by Ellen S on
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Kimberly at Living Whole with Chronic Pain has written me that the group has featured our contests on their site - THANK YOU! They are just the best! If you get a chance to stop by, tell them "hi" from me too, okay?!
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Permalink Reply by lissamel on -
this precious, precious thing
this precious, precious thing
how light it is
how heavy it can be
this precious, precious thing
how dark it is
how hard it can be
this precious, precious thing
how forgiving it is
how horrible it can be
this precious, precious thing
how joyful it is
how dreadful it can be
this precious, precious thing
how beautiful it is
how ugly it can be
this precious, precious thing
you wounder what it might be
for it is life
life of our world
the animals
the plants
the people
cannot have beauty without tragedy
cannot have success without failure
this precious, precious thing
Lissa ~ -
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where did i go
where have i gone
i look around
trying to see
where have i gone
for all i see
is a mother and a wife
where have i gone
i cannot see
i know i have lost something vital
like an organ that is important
oh, my heart, my soul, my name
how do i find it again
this important piece of myself
that has long been gone these past few years
looking hard
looking deep
i think i see a glimmer
or a shadow
of what i seek
hope is on the horizon
no matter how the journey
is long and steep
hope is in the stars
guiding me at night
hope is in the clouds
shading me in the harshest of heat
hope is in the soil
grounding me when all feels lost
hope is in the air
pulling me forward
pulling me back
saying remember
never forget
for this is but a lesson
on the long walk of life
what we live through
only makes us stronger
so when the next turn drops from the sky
we can survive
for this is but a small fraction of time
where have i gone
i think i know
for i am behind
in front
on the side
seeking answers
seeking prayers
seeking knowledge
seeking life
i am not lost
just set aside for know
looking in
finding answers
from my true self
Lissa ~ -
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Permalink Reply by lissamel on
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where are my dreams
where are my dreams when i need them most
and not just the dreams we see in our heads
in the dark of night
my dreams have become shattered, broken
my life seeming to be torn apart
a few years ago life set a blow
that began to tear at the fabric of my soul
like a bird
caught in a cage
beneath a shroud
forced to be quiet
forced to be subdued
i see the hole in front of me
been their before
quite a few times
they say knowledge brings power
perhaps this knowledge will be my weapon
to never let go
scared of the black pit
know i do not want it
see the slippery tether
keeping me sane
grabbing hold
with shaking hands
and when my hands give out
i bite the tether with all my might
refuse to fall
for knowledge is power
and that power will give me strength
strength to care
strength to love
strength to live
though the tunnel is long and dark
knowledge is power
to know a light will show
to lead me out
grasping the tether
wrapping it around my wrist
never give up
life is to precious
a hard lesson learned long ago
Lissa ~ -
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Permalink Reply by SingYe on -
SUFFERING
Suffering came over one day:
UNINVITED
I thought she would go home.
Company and fish,
Three days is long enough1
So finally I said,
"How long are you planning to stay?"
Suffering gave me a silly grin.
Lord, I pleaded one night ----lots of nights
"You gotta get her outa here.
She's a terrible, terrible pain!
How long do I have to put up with her?"
If God knew, he didn't say,
But, he promised to stick around
And help me put up with Suffering.
So he sent the Comforter -
Who, I believe, comforted Him
When He died on the cross for me.
Fibromyalgia, dystonia, arthritis, IBS,
All will be gone in heaven ,
where I will see my little sister again.
She went there in June
After four years of cancer and chemo!
Finally at rest.
She suffered more than I ever did,
but she knew where she was going;
As did her husband and three grown sons,
wives and little grand children.
We held hands, we prayed,
As she went to be
With Jesus and the angles!
See ya with Jesus, Jeannie!
Greetings to mom and dad
and brother Richard.
Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep.
Her patient suffering
taught us a lot!
So suffering is a teacher,
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Permalink Reply by Shirley on -
"The Price of Freedom"
A ghostly image of a soldier
stood in the background,
as a mother with a babe in her
arms stood by a grave site.
She lowly whispered, "Father
this is your Son. Son this is your
Father. He gave his life so that
others might live."
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Permalink Reply by Browneyes27 on -
I was looking in a art book and saw a bird sitting on a branch and thought what if that bird was about to become a momma and was wating for her babys to hach.
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