Anybody feeling creative?

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Hi everyone. Hope you are all doing OK!

Just dropping by to see if anyone fancies doing me a (fun!) favour. As many of you know, I'm in the process of a PhD about literary representations of chronic heart disease. While most of the PhD consists of reading (and reading) and writing (and writing) a very significant part of it, for me, is trying to involve people other than just myself with lived experience of heart disease. One way I'm doing that is through a project blog - heartytalescouk.wordpress.com/

Today I've shared a post looking for people to write a haiku (that's nothing fancy - just a poem with 17 syllables, full details in blog post) that describes something about their feelings towards their medication. Love, hate, indifference, whatever you feel about it, I want to hear it. The haiku element is just a bit of fun really, so comments in other formats would also be much appreciated. You can find the post here - heartytalescouk.wordpress.c...

If anybody reading this was up for commenting, on this post or any others, I would appreciate it so much. I would love to get a conversation going on the blog and am finding the more people participate, the more people participate...if that makes sense!

There will be lots more haiku topics to come in the following weeks (devices, exercise, diet, mental health...?) so do keep checking back, or follow the blog to be alerted when there's a new post. And please let me know if there's a topic you'd like to see addressed via haiku in the future.

Best wishes to everyone on here. I haven't posted for a while but do try to keep up with how everyone is doing. Everything is going fine with me...apart from the obvious. Ha! Thinking of going for my first walk in three months later today, so that's quite exciting

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Amazing, thank you! Have approved

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I love it! Thanks Jo! Would you mind posting it on the blog too please? I don't think I can share it there on your behalf without applying for ethical clearance! 🥴😂

heartytalescouk.wordpress.c...

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Laura,

I have written one for you on your blog.

I hope you like it😊

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Thanks so much to everyone who took the time to visit my project's blog and especially to those who actually wrote a haiku! I knew I could rely on you guys

Spotting an emerging haiku theme of not liking our heart meds but liking what they DO for our hearts, I think? That's pretty much how I feel about mine too. Still plenty of time to give it a go if you want to add your thoughts.

Would be great if some of you could keep checking in with the blog from time to time and sharing your thoughts. I'll post again here when the next haiku prompt is up.

Thank yoooooooouuuuuu! 🤗

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Hi everyone! Just wanted to let you know that there's now a FREE downloadable zine for you to view or print at home, featuring some of the brilliant haiku that you guys contributed about your experiences of heart medication. Pretty sure the majority of contributors found their way there via this community. Thanks for always coming through when I need you!

Here's a link to the details - heartytalescouk.wordpress.c...

Hoping to make this a monthly thing and you can bet I'll let you know here when July's theme/prompt goes live. Thanks again, everyone!