I participated the other day at a training wellbeing at work. I found it interesting to do something on the soft skills side.
One of the items was to think about a nice memory and write a Pantoum (a poem with rules) on it. Our rules were:
| Line | Rule | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | What you see? | Them, my colleagues |
| 2 | What do you hear? | I hear them talking over hums |
| 3 | What do you smell? | I smell the un-health of melted cheese |
| 4 | What is happening? | Everybody's grabbing a slice |
| 5 | Repeat (2) | I hear them talking over hums |
| 6 | What feelings related to (5) do you have? | I relate and I'm happy |
| 7 | Repeat (4) | Everybody's grabbing a slice |
| 8 | What do you desire related to (4)? | Hope it lasts longer this time |
| 9 | Repeat (6) | I relate and I'm happy |
| 10 | What you are doing on (6)? | I'm talking with my mouth full |
| 11 | Repeat (8) | Hope it lasts longer this time |
| 12 | Question related to (11) | What do we do later? |
| 13 | Repeat (10) | I'm talking with my mouth full |
| 14 | What do you want related to (10)? | I want friends! |
| 15 | Repeat (12) | What do we do later? |
| 16 | Answer (15) | We go to the pub! |
| 17 | Repeat (14) | I want friends! |
| 18 | Repeat (3) | I smell the un-health of melted cheese |
| 19 | Repeat (16) | We go to the pub! |
| 20 | Repeat (1) | Them, my colleagues |
The poem
My poem, in all its glory is:
Them, my colleagues
I hear them talking over hums
I smell the un-health of melted cheese
Everybody's grabbing a slice
I hear them talking over hums
I relate and I'm happy
Everybody's grabbing a slice
Hope it lasts longer this time
I relate and I'm happy
I'm talking with my mouth full
Hope it lasts longer this time
What do we do later?
I'm talking with my mouth full
I want friends!
What do we do later?
We go to the pub!
I want friends!
I smell the un-health of melted cheese
We go to the pub!
Them, my colleagues
HTH,
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