Pauline Fountain

Joined May 2021

65 stories

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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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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 Fountain3 years ago in Poets
I hold each book
Reading can be a road to freedom or a key to a secret garden, which, if tended, will transform all of life. Katherine Paterson
By Pauline Fountain3 years ago in Poets
Just for the sake of it
An account. A brief written reflection of events. Unrelated. A clipped text narrative. A hidden meaning. Coded for me.
By Pauline Fountain3 years ago in Poets
Wise words
When you are unwell, are your experiences still valid or authentic? When in ‘wellness reality’ they don't reflect what you believe to be the true you?
By Pauline Fountain3 years ago in Poets
On the nature of
A beloved friend of mine asked me to write her a poem to help her better articulate a rapid mental health decline; her return to a frightening life in the dreaded wilderness.
By Pauline Fountain3 years ago in Poets
The writing grant
Throughout this process I had learned. And perhaps this was the point? * A writing grant could enable yet constrain. My capacity always tested with two factors to consider.
By Pauline Fountain3 years ago in Poets
Ever so slowly . Top Story - June 2023.
Her plan had unfolded ever so slowly.  Unsure if it would falter and then spectacularly combust.  Or would her dreams be realised?
By Pauline Fountain3 years ago in Fiction
Yearned for solitude
A Facebook Notification and a gasp of delight! Nils Frahm is coming to Brisbane! A yearned for night of solitude; she secured a single first class seat.
By Pauline Fountain3 years ago in Fiction
She sat on the stoop
She sat on the stoop cradling her swaddled granddaughter. Even now making a statement. The first girl; breaking a tradition.
By Pauline Fountain3 years ago in Fiction
A paucity of words
Throughout her marriage, she survived a tortuous existence by protecting her children. Such ardent devotion gave her the strength to continue.
By Pauline Fountain3 years ago in Fiction
17 years. Top Story - May 2023.
Exhausted after his double shift he boarded the train home keen to see his wife and baby; ashamed at his daily struggle to support them.
By Pauline Fountain3 years ago in Fiction
A sensory selection
Two stores side-by-side. Both providing potential offerings. Two stores side-by-side that stood in stark contrast of pace, clientele and stocked shelves.
By Pauline Fountain3 years ago in Poets

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My meditation garden

I hold each book

Just for the sake of it

Wise words

On the nature of

The writing grant

Ever so slowly . Top Story - June 2023.

Yearned for solitude

She sat on the stoop

A paucity of words

17 years. Top Story - May 2023.

A sensory selection

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