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			<title>21451</title>
			<description>A very short poem that shares a very simple plea.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stephenferrett1/1920518/</link>
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			<title>Move away, Leave him alone, He&amp;rsquo;s not right</title>
			<description>A very emotional poem recalling a major anxiety attack when I was taking my son to play group.  Such a simple task you would think? Not So!!!!!</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stephenferrett1/1920511/</link>
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			<title>You don't care</title>
			<description>On my return to work I was expecting support.  What I found was very superficial.  I felt and still feel an outcast, frustrated by ignorance of the acceptance of mental illness in the workplace :-/</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stephenferrett1/1920468/</link>
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			<title>Welcome back to Hell</title>
			<description>This poem was written when after months away from work I returned.  I still find it so very difficult to be in this environment, where I was exposed to workplace bullying.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stephenferrett1/1920464/</link>
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			<title>My life is becoming a Black Hole</title>
			<description>When someone is suffering from depression and or anxiety, life slips away.  It is difficult to find and joy and light in anything.  I likened my life as being drawn into a Black Hole</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stephenferrett1/1920462/</link>
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			<title>Life you are a w***e</title>
			<description>My favourite poem so far!.  When I was at my lowest point early this year,  I hated life.
I felt everything and everyone had betrayed be and that I could never see the light again.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stephenferrett1/1920460/</link>
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			<title>Brother</title>
			<description>A very emotional poem that explain the bond between two souls that suffer from mental illness.  It is heart warming that someone so close to me shares my pain and I share his. </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stephenferrett1/1920457/</link>
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			<title>Caged Beast</title>
			<description>When I was at the lowest point and in a very dark place, I wanted no human contact.  This poem is hard-hitting but very real to my emotional state at the time.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stephenferrett1/1920455/</link>
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			<title>Whispers of the Sea</title>
			<description>During my illness I found that the best way to total clear my mind is to be in an environment where I totally switch off.  This for me is the beach along the Moray Firth in Northern Scotland.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stephenferrett1/1920452/</link>
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			<title>I am an empty shell</title>
			<description>I was walking on the beach thinking of how huge the problem of mental health is in the world. Worryingly t is not understood and is still a taboo subject</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stephenferrett1/1920447/</link>
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			<title>The Cycle</title>
			<description>The Cyle was inspired after watching a blog by a young Lady suffering depression.  She likened her mental state as being like she was in a washing machine on high spin speed.
It was easy to write</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stephenferrett1/1920440/</link>
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			<title>Last Exit of Lost Souls</title>
			<description>The poem I have written that sums up the thoughts of a Lost Soul contemplating the ultimate sacrifice, when faced with the failure of society to help</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stephenferrett1/1920436/</link>
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