I have exhausted myself for over a year trying to make a living from constant postings and reels on FB to earn a little extra cash. Do this, do that, says FB and as much as I try to keep up with all the quests and challenges my reach continues to dip and my earnings a month won’t even buy half a cup of coffee.
Now I say over a year because that is when I decided to throw myself in to this, but I have been writing poetry for over 30 years, self-published 7 little books, that barely get a look at, spent many hours editing, re-writing, typing, posting on socials and more. For what?
So, I am done trying. Not done writing though, I still have poetry in me, I still feel it, breathe it, think it, in fact I can’t sleep at night because I have always got a verse or rhyme running through my mind. The number of times I have to keep turning the bedside lamp on to grab my pen and notebook and jot down my thoughts is laughable. Anyway, getting off track….
I am just going to leave a few poems here for you to read and just wanted to let you all know I won’t be posting much on here either as I am not very good at promoting myself and getting my poetry out into the world. But if you enjoy my poetry please keep following and feel free to share because if just one poem touches one soul, makes them laugh, feel good or resonates in some way, then I am happy. Honestly, I would like my poems to reach way more than one soul, haha, and would love my work to venture out there into the world more than what it has now but for the time being I am exhausted trying and taking a step back. Thanks for being here and enjoy the following poems, they may be the last I post for a while.
I can definitely relate to this post. I too have written poetry for longer than social media has been around, but have found that social media and I don't have a great relationship when it comes to me promoting myself or my words. Many well wishes, I don't have the answers to help and I fear that it will only get worse before better.