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𝕷𝖆𝖚𝖗𝖊𝖓 ⋆ Poetry & Prompts ✒️

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for haunted minds who feel too deeply 🤍
poetry • prose • mental health reflections 🪞
monthly prompts • relatable writing moments
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𝕺𝖈𝖙𝖔𝖇𝖊𝖗 𝖂𝖗𝖎𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝕻𝖗𝖔𝖒𝖕𝖙𝖘 🖋️ 🦇

My favourite month is here, and so are a fresh bunch of prompts! 👻👇🏻

1. I've been dying since birth
2. wax melts on my skin
3. the month calls for flavoured lattes
4. more knitwear than sense
5. midnight walk through a graveyard
6. flames burn behind my eyes
7. winged liner and berry lipstick
8. pasty as a ghost
9. collecting pine cones
10. the monsters are scared of me
11. puddle of sticky toffee
12. I dug my grave long ago

If you use a prompt, please tag @imlaurengreen in the post and caption, mention what prompt you’ve used and use the hashtag #imlaurengreenprompts so I can support your piece.

I will share every piece I’ve read to my story and include in a highlight for the month.

#writingprompts #poetryprompts #octoberprompts #writinginspo by @imlaurengreen

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a year ago

📖👀 My first-ever poetry pamphlet has been published!
'Heartstrings and Hellish Things'

This year I decided I was going to take my writing more seriously. I have been writing fiction and poetry for years alongside writing marketing material professionally but had been slacking in writing for fun.

✍🏻 My mind often wanders and I can always feel a story brewing however big or small. So I've been making more of an effort to write down my thoughts as well as fictional stories that come to mind.

📚 I am planning on publishing a collection of poetry books over the next few years and to ease myself into it I took part in a 21-day writing challenge set by @bookleafpublishing, where I had to write a poem a day for 21 days. I took part in this challenge at the beginning of this year after not writing poetry for months so it was indeed a challenge to get my words flowing again and stick to writing a piece a day.

However, I'm glad I stuck to it as my pamphlet has now been published and is available for the world to see. 🥰

🖤👹 The theme is what you would imagine from the title...
Pieces of poetry that pull on your heartstrings, and some pieces that are truly hellish and unthinkable.

Trigger warning: These pieces are quite dark and some contain assault, and/or mental health issues. Pieces are fictional.

🛒 If anyone is interested, my pamphlet can be purchased as a paperback on Amazon and Barnes & Noble or as an eBook. All links will be available on my bio/stories shortly.

#poetrybook #newpoetry #originalpoems #originalpoetry #heartstringsandhellishthings #publishedpoet #publishedauthor #authorgram by @imlaurengreen

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2 years ago

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I've allowed myself a lot more rest this year instead of pushing myself to be productive constantly (largely to do with health issues). And I've recently realised it's shifted my focus and encouraged me to be creative slowly, without a plan.

Instead of telling myself to write X amount of pieces a week, and adding things to a list that never gets crossed out, I've paused all goals until I'm ready to put more energy into them. I've been using spare time to doodle, connect, and create with no plan, and remind myself that I'm not wasting time; if something new I've made or written doesn't turn out well, then it doesn't matter.

❔Out of interest, do you agree with any of these slides?

#creativesofinstagram #mentalshift #creativecommunity Writers Mental shift by @imlaurengreen

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20 days ago

When you've been running on fumes for so long, you start to wonder if you'll ever feel 'normal' again. 🥴 < I relate to this emoji way more than I realised. It's my permanent internal expression.

#lifethoughts #dailythoughts #thoughtsinwords #lifereel by @imlaurengreen

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23 days ago

𝕮𝖍𝖆𝖘𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖂𝖍𝖎𝖘𝖕𝖊𝖗𝖘 🤫

In my dreams I'm awake,
living the life I hope for,
finally feeling at peace.
All the things I envision
call me through whispers,
never close enough to touch.

Motivation has moved out,
but visits now and then,
finding a gap in the timeline
to try and pull me through;
but I can't find the strength
needed to hold on long enough.

Restless nights leave me wishing
I knew how to change reality;
instead I watch myself from afar
getting lost on a familiar journey,
smiling while screaming internally
as if stuck on a circular track,
unable to stop the motion.

This piece was written using a bunch of my September Writing prompts. Visit my page to see all the monthly writing prompts I've created for you to try. 🖤

#imlaurengreenprompts #mentalhealthpoetry #spilledink
#relatablepoetry #poetryclub In my dreams I'm awake,
living the life I hope for,
finally feeling at peace.
All the things I envision
call me through whispers,
never close enough to touch. by @imlaurengreen

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25 days ago

Ah, if only mental vacations were possible. 🙃

#mentalhealthquote #sadquotes #mentalpeace by @imlaurengreen

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a month ago

𝕾𝖊𝖕𝖙𝖊𝖒𝖇𝖊𝖗 𝖂𝖗𝖎𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝕻𝖗𝖔𝖒𝖕𝖙𝖘 🖋️

1. thunder in September
2. movie night with my old friend sadness
3. unsubscribing from self pity
4. if you could hear my thoughts
5. ignoring the warnings
6. pet dragonfly
7. how to change reality
8. painting a twisted vision
9. my limbs are heavy
10. smiling while screaming internally
11. a gap in the timeline
12. getting lost on a familiar journey

If you use a prompt, please tag @imlaurengreen in the post and caption, mention what prompt you’ve used and use the hashtag #imlaurengreenprompts so I can support your piece.

I will share every piece I’ve read to my story and include in a highlight for the month.

#writingprompt #poetryprompts #poetryinspiration #poetrycommunityofinstagram September Writing and poetry prompts by @imlaurengreen

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2 months ago

𝕹𝖔𝖇𝖔𝖉𝖞'𝖘 𝕳𝖔𝖒𝖊 🏠

Life is testing me, as it always does.
I'm ready for sweater weather
and duvet days and no plans.
Bad things come in threes they say,
as the hydra stalks my every move.
Happiness doesn't come naturally,
leaving my body tired from recreating
moments I want to remember
from life before the internet.
Eyes are open but nobody's home;
notifications on silent 24/7,
my resources long depleted.
Spent so long dissociating,
I've forgotten what's real.

Using 8 of my August prompts. Visit my pinned post to view my monthly prompts. 👀

🗨️ August, a month I usually love, has not been kind to me this year. I hope that by spooky season I will wake from the dead. 🧟‍♀️⚰️

If you enjoyed reading this piece, and are a lover of mental health themed poetry, dark poetry, and words that linger, please stay connected 🖤

#mentalhealthpoetry #darkpoetry #poetrytherapy #spilledink #imlaurengreenprompts Life is testing me, as it always does.

I'm ready for sweater weather

and duvet days and no plans.

Bad things come in threes they say,

as the hydra stalks my every move.

Happiness doesn't come naturally,

leaving my body tired from recreating

moments I want to remember

from life before the internet.

Eyes are open but nobody's home;

notifications on silent 24/7,

my resources long depleted.

Spent so long dissociating,

I've forgotten what's real. by @imlaurengreen

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2 months ago

Autumn, I miss you. 🥺🍂

#autumnmood #autumnaesthetic #missingautumn

What's your favourite season? by @imlaurengreen

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2 months ago

How many slides did you resonate with? 👇🏻🖤 by @imlaurengreen

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