step by step piece by piece glue, colours collage, painting discovering your inner self a sentence without sense to vigilant eyes kept secrets only the soul can understand a never-ending patchwork
Patchwork
W3 ::Poet of the Week!
Hello! I’m proud to say that Svenja (thanks Sveja!) has chosen my poem Renewal for last week’s W3 challenge and I’m the poet of the week (PoW) for the W3 challenge this week! As the PoW I set the guidelines for the week’s challenge.
Since it’s February, the month of love, I thought love poems would be perfect, in particular ‘self-love’. And I chose a sonet as a poetry form for it. Click here for all the guidelines details, and join the challenge. I’d love to read your thoughts about self-love and get inspired by them. Below is my sonet loaded with self-love messages for myself, you can use them too!
love yourself today
less than tomorrow
and more than yesterday
completely, not hollow
without fear or shame
embrace the flaws
ignite the flame
do not withdraw
you’ve permission to dream
leave the past behind
work on self-esteem
peace in your mind
know you are enough
you need to be tough
WDYS :: a gift
what do you see?
a gift, hope,
a split moment
in time
a message, answers
questions
a silent song
pause
the noise of
transformation
eternity in a
second
in the mirror
as the years go by
when looking in the mirror
the fervour dwindles
crashing the reality
tenderness towards yourself
Tanka Tuesday: love and passion synonyms.
W3 :: renewal
beneath the layers
the river whispers to me
renewal draws near
WDYS :: Solitude
solitude and peace
it’s snowing, the flakes dancing in the air
from my living room
i see the calmness
i feel the world stopping
waiting
the silence engulfs me
as if i’m in a meditation temple
away, in a foreign land
my mind is still
my body is still
The past
w3 :: fat
food
always
everywhere
looking for it
sugar, fat, protein, and carbohydrate
accumulating in the fat body
moderation
is the key
right now
fit
W3 – II. Svenja’s prompt: Double Tetractys
This week, write a Double Tetractys — a 10-line poem with a fixed syllable pattern.
Theme: something spicy or a little naughty. Keep it suggestive rather than explicit. Let tension, humor, and implication do the work.
tanka tuesday :: clouds
the clouds, in between
sometimes, the only safe place
mind doesn't know limits
the danger is everywhere
suffocating boundaries
Journals
I got two new journals for this year, Moleskine. I love this brand; the pages are soft and inviting to write on.
The 2026 weekly planner is my gratitude journal. I’m really enjoying having the dates nicely organized, and the space is perfect for a few words per day. The side page has enough space in case I want to elaborate a little more.
The pocket one is my creativity journal. I draft poems, collages, and scribble whatever comes to mind. The size is perfect to have it with me all the time.
I’m still using last year’s journal for my morning pages. I started it almost at the end of the year, so still lots of blank pages to be filled.
And you? Have you got a new journal for this year?
Tea & Paper 