Author name: Tricia La Bella

‘Stubborn’ – the realisation that we name and label to help describe what we see in the behaviours around us. So what does it say when we express something or someone as ‘stubborn’?

Have we have learnt to carry a range of manners that have prevented us from, saying things we actually feel, and what is our truth?

It seems the feeling of alienation, came through in the poems, and we hope you enjoy the diversity of the way in which this emerges.

While we often view a genius in a positive light, we also recognise, that like most humans, it is not all ‘roses’. And what is ‘genius’? Often we think of the grand, however what about the genius in the simple?

‘Thrill’ – a word that took us on many journeys! What we loved this week, was the way in which we could feel the ‘thrill’ of it, as the poems unfolded.

‘Teabag’ – now who would have thought such a word could bring out so many themes. We hardly realised ourselves what would arrive.

‘Surprise’ – it was no surprise that this word, used frequently in our language, brought much variation with the direction of the poems this week.

‘Eerie’ – what is eerie to you? What do you see? How does it feel? For some of us, it is not somewhere we want to go too often, as it can bring up more than we want to face.

‘Temptation’ – this was a good word to explore as it really led to some relevant life themes we are facing in our society today.