Hi everyone,
Welcome to 365 Days of Poetry & Honesty. I hope you’ve had a lovely week!
A friend shared this poem with me and I want to share it with you too. It's by Nikki Giovanni, and she said it reminded her of my writing. That means a lot to me because she’s one of my favourite poets.
Here are some songs I’ve been listening to this week :)
I hope you like the poems this week. Thank you for reading!
Monday
I’m not sure about the title and I was meaning to slip it somewhere the poem but by the time I remembered, it felt complete. Does the title inform the contents of the poem? Or should I have gone with something else?
Tuesday
Wednesday
How it feels to be mentally unwell.
Thursday
Friday
A big Fuck You to being depressed.
Saturday
Valentine's Day is on its way and even though I’m perpetually single, I love writing poems about love. So here's one for you and I hope that whatever your day looks like on Monday, you’re able to celebrate love in some way, in particular love for yourself and appreciating all that you are. And treat yourselves, please! I’m hoping to see some butterflies <3
Sunday
Two poems for Sunday, one by Alice Walker and the other Alice Notley, both of whom I’m in awe of.
Thank you for reading this week’s newsletter <3
With love,
Oyinda
P.S. here’s another song for you!