"DEAR BLANK CHALLENGE" PLEASE PLEASE READ THIS AND REPOST TRY TO KEEP IT GOING: HELLOPOETRY "DEAR BLANK" CHALLENGE SECRET SANTA POEMS EXCEPT NOT SECRET AND NOT SANTA RANDOM ACT/POEM OF KINDNESS STRANGER POETRY APPRECIATION
I thought it might be nice to do like a secret santa thingy on hellopoetry only not secret and not santa… what I mean is, find a random stranger you literally have never met and do NOT know at all whose poetry you like and spend actual time genuinely reading their work, picking out your favorite lines and responding to them, pondering them, etc. Write something positive to them and post it as a poem with their name in the title. The “DEAR BLANK” challenge only you put their name instead of “blank”. I think we could all use a little recognition that we exist and are worth something since everyone seems a little depressed on here (including myself) which is fine, it’s a great outlet but it would be nice for people to just spontaneously find that a random stranger spent time in their life just to recognize you and care about your poetry. To write a kind poem/letter to them responding to lines in their poetry. If you need an example I just posted DEAR IMALRIGHT which was exactly what I meant. Check out imalright's poetry btw it is amazing.
I plan on doing for more than one person and I'd love for you to do the same. Spread a little kindness, we could all use a little.
Also message me if you are going to do the challenge and message the stranger you do the DEAR BLANK challenge for so they know to look for and read your poem.
I just thought that Imalright who was a perfect stranger to me seemed like a wonderful poet and a wonderful person based on her poetry so I chose her.
You do that too if you accept the DEAR BLANK challenge.
INCLUDE DEARBLANKCHALLENGE AS A HASHTAG IF YOU DO THE CHALLENGE SO EVERYONE CAN FIND THEM
please repost this over and over so we can get as many people involved as possible and try and make a difference in a couple people's lives because I just want to make everyone feel loved but I'm just one girl, I can't do it alone. Please help me with this and join me in the DEAR BLANK challenge. Take time out of your day to properly appreciate someone's poetry who you do not know.
PLEASE REPOST LET'S GET EVERYONE INVOLVED!!! ;D
THANKS!
-EMBER EVANESCENT
Nov 13, 2014
Nov 13, 2014 at 2:11 PM UTC
*Don't allow yourself to feel "dumb" or "stupid" based on your inability to achieve something you care little about.
-Joseph B Schneider*
Nov 5, 2014
Nov 5, 2014 at 12:41 PM UTC
Why did you change?
You were great the way you were
I loved your bubbly laugh
And the way you
Flipped your hair
Why did you change?
We used to joke and laugh together
And you comforted me when I was depressed and gloomy
But now you're as cold was the wind on a wintry day
Never looking back or thinking about me
Why did you change?
Oct 30, 2014
Oct 30, 2014 at 10:51 AM UTC
I smiled
When you smiled
Walked
When you walked
Talked
When you talked
I followed in your footsteps
When you were gone
Now that the traces
Of your footfalls
Have washed away
What should I do?
Oct 30, 2014
Oct 30, 2014 at 10:50 AM UTC
If I wore prettier clothes
Would you like me?
If I wore makeup
And wore fancy clothes
Would you accept me?
Would you only have me if I was pretty?
Did what was inside matter?
Did you have to change me?
So I could be perfect?
Oct 30, 2014
Oct 30, 2014 at 10:49 AM UTC
Falling down, getting a F instead of an A
A drop in your average, the difference between average and excellent
Intelligence, that you didn't have
Loathing that you feel at yourself for making mistakes
U feel as if the pressure of trying it do good is weighing you down
Remorse, that you couldn't be as good as your friends
Excellence, what you strive to have next time
Oct 29, 2014
Oct 29, 2014 at 9:38 AM UTC
The slam of the door
The scream
The blood on the walls
Something was taken
Stolen
Gone
Oct 29, 2014
Oct 29, 2014 at 7:47 AM UTC
I was there with you that day
You went to the doctor with the pain
I thought it would be ok
But we both cried
When the doctor
Said
That you had cancer
I was with you every step of the way
You had the treatment
But still day by day
You got weaker
And weaker
Until you couldn't eat anymore
They said you were going to die
But I didn't believe it
Till the very last day
When you lay there in bed
Knowing what was going to happen
You hugged me one last time
And said I love you
I turned away from the bed
I cried for days on end
Never stopping
I still cry today
But it's hidden
Just like you
In my heart
Oct 27, 2014
Oct 27, 2014 at 2:54 PM UTC
A dark cloud hovering
Right above your head
Never lifting
It rains
And pours tears
Of sorrow on your head
I want to leave
To be with you
But I know you want
Me to stay
And wait till its time
Oct 27, 2014
Oct 27, 2014 at 1:24 PM UTC