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1. Poem Composing-
Stress Management Therapy
C.Karthik Deepa
Assistant Professor
Department of Education
Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science & Higher Education for Women
Coimbatore
cherrydeepa@hmail.com
9976131831
10. Sensory Experiences
• See - How it looks like to you?
• Taste - How it tastes to you?
• Hear - How it Sounds to you?
• Smell - How it smells to you?
• Touch - How it is when you touch?
11. See - How it looks like to you?
• Colour
• Pattern
• Texture
• Size
• With What we can compare
• Example
• distant desert
• Pale
• horrible
• Hard, hallow
• bouquet of blossoms
12. Taste - How it tastes to you?
• Six tastes
• Compare the taste with something
Example
bitter and sour
13. Hear - How it Sounds to you?
• Soft
• Loud
• Sound of animals
• Comparing the sound with
something …
• Example
• Cry
• Mourning and muttering,
• grumbling and growling
14. Smell - How it smells to you?
• Fragrant
• Stinking
• Compare with something ...
• Example
Stinking
like a rotten cabbage
15. Touch - How it is when you touch?
• Smooth-Hard
• Rough-Silky
• Hot-Cold
• Compare with something …
Example
empty and energy less
pale and painful
Hot
16. Stage of Poem Composing
• Step I : Initiation
Theme
17. Stage of Poem Composing
• Step II : Isolation
Adjectives and words based on the
sensory experiences related to the
theme
18. Stage of Poem Composing
• Step III: Exploration
1. Figures of Speech
Eg. Alliteration, Simile, metaphor …
distant desert
Feeling fearful, furious and frustrated
hopeless and helpless
Searching for a single
19. Stage of Poem Composing
• Step III : Exploration
2. Time & Place
Noon in the desert
distant desert
20. Stage of Poem Composing
• Step IV : Organization
Arranging the adjectives and
words
21. Composed Poem
Oh there is no one in this distant desert
It’s me all alone hopeless and helpless
Feeling fearful, furious and frustrated
Searching for a single soul even a stick
There is nothing in my right, nothing in my left,
Nothing in my front, nothing in my back not even my shadow
Let the air be stopped so that I will die and find some rest
Am tangled with tension no one to rescue me
Am empty and energy less, crushed and crying no one to comfort me
22. Full of confusion and crunch no way to get out
Stinking like a rotten cabbage, bitter and sour
Hard, hallow, heavy and horrible, pale and painful
Mourning and muttering, grumbling and growling
Noon in the desert with unquenched thirst
All I need is a shoulder to cry, arms to hold
Fingers to wipe my tears, feet to walk with me
Voice to comfort me, eyes to visit me
Where can I find? How can I find? Whom shall I find? I can’t.
There is no one for me. No one, not.… Death?
Is this the way to out from loneliness?
Oh no Why should I die? Why should I cry?
God has a purpose and plans for me
He’ll give me the strength to struggle with courage I will catch victory
He’ll provide and protect, care and comfort me
He’ll remove my shame and give me strength
I’ll walk with confident and courage there is someone to love me
He makes my life beautiful bouquet of blossoms