Poetry Challenge

Freeform or sonnet it’s time to fall into flow

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On a platform like Medium, we are exposed to a multitude of writing styles, subject matters, and formats and I thought it was time we celebrate our diversity a bit more here on The Honest Perspective.

From now on, the last week of every month will be a home for poetry in all its forms…

haiku

free verse

micro

sonnet

acrostic

anything and everything goes so perhaps challenge yourself and try something new and remember…

“The scariest moment is always just before you start.” — Stephen King

If a theme helps, for this month I invite you to think about the person staring back at you from the mirror… who are you and what have you built your identity on?

Identity is such a strange fluid concept, is it something we make entirely by ourselves or is it handed to us in slices as we age and move through different phases?

Can you explore the themes that arise for you around identity, self-discovery and belonging? How much…