Pauline Fountain

Joined May 2021

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Writing and photography provide a creative outlet to reflect with meaning on my life.

My mental health? Bipolar 1 (Rapid Cycling), Complex PTSD and Functional Neurological Disorder.

My son’s gentle wisdom furnishes me with the gift of hope.

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Paused. Top Story - May 2024. Content Warning.
"I've always wanted to wander as we did this evening. From Coolum Beach to Noosa. Explore Hastings Street, then wander back. At our slow and steady pace, hand in hand," she said with gentle gratitude.
By Pauline Fountain2 months ago in Fiction
Respite excerpt 1
Format : Novelette Respite (Working Title) Chapter 1 : Next move? * He was sitting on the jetty. The seat was made of weathered wood with white paint cracked; flaking from exposure to the brittle summer sun.
By Pauline Fountain3 months ago in Fiction
Sacred
Your sacred space is where you can find yourself over and over again. Joseph Campbell After our soothing, early morning walk along the foreshore at Wellington Point.
By Pauline Fountain3 months ago in Poets
Yearning
What we yearn for as human beings is to be visible to each other. Jacqueline Novogratz * Remembering the 24 July 2018. *
By Pauline Fountain3 months ago in Poets
Sightless
Earth, sun and moon align and the experience excels my expectations. Celestial trancendense engulfs me. Loss expected by you about my blindness is misaligned and devoid of insight.
By Pauline Fountain3 months ago in Poets
Ever-questioning
[ Before reading my variation on the expected format for this Challenge. ‘An acrostic is a poem or other word composition in which the first letter (or syllable, or word) of each new line (or paragraph, or other recurring feature in the text) spells out a word, message or the alphabet.’
By Pauline Fountain3 months ago in Poets
[ ? ]
I'm [ ? ] years of age now. Is it the right time to [ ? ] , reflect and evaluate? If I could use one word to describe me right here and now , it would be : [ ? ]
By Pauline Fountain3 months ago in Poets
I study his eyes. Top Story - March 2024.
There is an enduring tenderness in the love of a mother to a son, that transcends all other affections of the heart. ‘The Widow and her Son.’ A short story. Washington Irving (1819.)
By Pauline Fountain3 months ago in Poets
Drawn
Unbeknown to me, I have experienced a sensory shift. I am now drawn to ‘the night sounds.’ As I walk from my unit beckoned by the nameless, I expect silence; long after the all-too-brief, ferocious tempest of the earlier electrical storm.
By Pauline Fountain7 months ago in Poets
L: Anytime P x
A late diagnosis of Bipolar Affective Disorder 1 (Ralid Cycling) is not rare. I was 47. I am now 51. That is a statement. But of course there is much more to it. It's a fascinating condition. But I could do without it.
By Pauline Fountain10 months ago in Psyche
My urban forest . Top Story - August 2023.
On my first morning walk after I moved from Banyo to Fitzgibbon, I took my journal to begin mapping my new terrain. My intension?
By Pauline Fountain10 months ago in Poets
My meditation garden
When I was living with Ross and his Father, they had rescued me from homelessness. It was late Spring when I was reunited with my son.
By Pauline Fountainabout a year ago in Poets

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Respite excerpt 1

Sacred

Yearning

Sightless

Ever-questioning

[ ? ]

I study his eyes. Top Story - March 2024.

Drawn

L: Anytime P x

My urban forest . Top Story - August 2023.

My meditation garden

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Respite excerpt 1

Sacred

Yearning

Sightless

Ever-questioning

[ ? ]

I study his eyes. Top Story - March 2024.

Drawn

L: Anytime P x

My urban forest . Top Story - August 2023.

My meditation garden

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