Blossom
@teawithhb.com
🎠 Trying to make the world a better place teawithhb.com
🌸 Writer, Disability Advocate, Creator, Poet
🍊 Co-founder poetryorchard.com
🌸 Writer, Disability Advocate, Creator, Poet
🍊 Co-founder poetryorchard.com
Festivi-tea day 10! 10 Distraction Techniques 🍜
What are your favourite comfort shows? Let me know if we have any in common!! Mine are…
🍃 Heartstopper
🍁 Anne with an E
🍕 FRIENDS
☕️ Gilmore Girls
🩺 Scrubs
#Disabled #accessibility #chronicillnesscommunity #ableism #invisibleilness
What are your favourite comfort shows? Let me know if we have any in common!! Mine are…
🍃 Heartstopper
🍁 Anne with an E
🍕 FRIENDS
☕️ Gilmore Girls
🩺 Scrubs
#Disabled #accessibility #chronicillnesscommunity #ableism #invisibleilness
December 14, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Festivi-tea day 10! 10 Distraction Techniques 🍜
What are your favourite comfort shows? Let me know if we have any in common!! Mine are…
🍃 Heartstopper
🍁 Anne with an E
🍕 FRIENDS
☕️ Gilmore Girls
🩺 Scrubs
#Disabled #accessibility #chronicillnesscommunity #ableism #invisibleilness
What are your favourite comfort shows? Let me know if we have any in common!! Mine are…
🍃 Heartstopper
🍁 Anne with an E
🍕 FRIENDS
☕️ Gilmore Girls
🩺 Scrubs
#Disabled #accessibility #chronicillnesscommunity #ableism #invisibleilness
If I had a wish
Think I’d waste it on him
One last chance to fulfil
Some childhood whim
Win some you lose some
But never expected this
Winsome, I lost someone
I never thought I could miss
Think I’d waste it on him
One last chance to fulfil
Some childhood whim
Win some you lose some
But never expected this
Winsome, I lost someone
I never thought I could miss
December 14, 2025 at 9:43 AM
If I had a wish
Think I’d waste it on him
One last chance to fulfil
Some childhood whim
Win some you lose some
But never expected this
Winsome, I lost someone
I never thought I could miss
Think I’d waste it on him
One last chance to fulfil
Some childhood whim
Win some you lose some
But never expected this
Winsome, I lost someone
I never thought I could miss
Festivi-tea Day 11! 11 Flare Up Tips ❤️🔥
AD You can find more ideas as well as the products I use to manage my pain on teawithhb.com including @shaktimats which I discovered after receiving them as a Christmas gift last year!! You can use BLOSSOM10 for 10% off 🎁
AD You can find more ideas as well as the products I use to manage my pain on teawithhb.com including @shaktimats which I discovered after receiving them as a Christmas gift last year!! You can use BLOSSOM10 for 10% off 🎁
December 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Festivi-tea Day 11! 11 Flare Up Tips ❤️🔥
AD You can find more ideas as well as the products I use to manage my pain on teawithhb.com including @shaktimats which I discovered after receiving them as a Christmas gift last year!! You can use BLOSSOM10 for 10% off 🎁
AD You can find more ideas as well as the products I use to manage my pain on teawithhb.com including @shaktimats which I discovered after receiving them as a Christmas gift last year!! You can use BLOSSOM10 for 10% off 🎁
I used to be brave
Used to jump at the chance
Gumption was my fabric
I frayed into strands
Never used to be afraid
Never bailed on my plans
Now everything’s changed
Wonder who I am
Used to jump at the chance
Gumption was my fabric
I frayed into strands
Never used to be afraid
Never bailed on my plans
Now everything’s changed
Wonder who I am
December 13, 2025 at 10:58 AM
I used to be brave
Used to jump at the chance
Gumption was my fabric
I frayed into strands
Never used to be afraid
Never bailed on my plans
Now everything’s changed
Wonder who I am
Used to jump at the chance
Gumption was my fabric
I frayed into strands
Never used to be afraid
Never bailed on my plans
Now everything’s changed
Wonder who I am
Festivi-tea is a 12 day advent calendar where we’ll be counting down the days to Christmas with chronic illness-inspired illustrations! Happy #Cripmas 😘🎄
Starting off with 12 self care ideas! Let me know your favourite ways to unwind, whether it’s a podcast you love or a winter-themed beverage!!
Starting off with 12 self care ideas! Let me know your favourite ways to unwind, whether it’s a podcast you love or a winter-themed beverage!!
December 12, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Festivi-tea is a 12 day advent calendar where we’ll be counting down the days to Christmas with chronic illness-inspired illustrations! Happy #Cripmas 😘🎄
Starting off with 12 self care ideas! Let me know your favourite ways to unwind, whether it’s a podcast you love or a winter-themed beverage!!
Starting off with 12 self care ideas! Let me know your favourite ways to unwind, whether it’s a podcast you love or a winter-themed beverage!!
‘I’ll never leave’
what aligns, what a line, what a lie
But I believed
What a tribune, what a trial, what a try
So now I grieve
What a guise, what a guile, what a guy
what aligns, what a line, what a lie
But I believed
What a tribune, what a trial, what a try
So now I grieve
What a guise, what a guile, what a guy
December 12, 2025 at 10:37 AM
‘I’ll never leave’
what aligns, what a line, what a lie
But I believed
What a tribune, what a trial, what a try
So now I grieve
What a guise, what a guile, what a guy
what aligns, what a line, what a lie
But I believed
What a tribune, what a trial, what a try
So now I grieve
What a guise, what a guile, what a guy
I didn’t ask chat gpt to write a poem
I didn't ask AI to make a sandwich
I didn't ask it the meaning of life
Was it my wifi or I which had no bandwidth?
I asked the fire for warmth
I asked the rain to wash me clean
I asked myself what I am doing
And tried to let myself be seen
I didn't ask AI to make a sandwich
I didn't ask it the meaning of life
Was it my wifi or I which had no bandwidth?
I asked the fire for warmth
I asked the rain to wash me clean
I asked myself what I am doing
And tried to let myself be seen
December 11, 2025 at 10:52 AM
I didn’t ask chat gpt to write a poem
I didn't ask AI to make a sandwich
I didn't ask it the meaning of life
Was it my wifi or I which had no bandwidth?
I asked the fire for warmth
I asked the rain to wash me clean
I asked myself what I am doing
And tried to let myself be seen
I didn't ask AI to make a sandwich
I didn't ask it the meaning of life
Was it my wifi or I which had no bandwidth?
I asked the fire for warmth
I asked the rain to wash me clean
I asked myself what I am doing
And tried to let myself be seen
you may sew derision
in the soil of my self
you may derive pleasure
or a temporary wealth
but this currency is arbitrary
escape is imminent!
I will not live my life in fear
stuck solid in cement
generosity as weakness
is only fact in blackboard chalk
in the soil of my self
you may derive pleasure
or a temporary wealth
but this currency is arbitrary
escape is imminent!
I will not live my life in fear
stuck solid in cement
generosity as weakness
is only fact in blackboard chalk
December 10, 2025 at 10:56 AM
you may sew derision
in the soil of my self
you may derive pleasure
or a temporary wealth
but this currency is arbitrary
escape is imminent!
I will not live my life in fear
stuck solid in cement
generosity as weakness
is only fact in blackboard chalk
in the soil of my self
you may derive pleasure
or a temporary wealth
but this currency is arbitrary
escape is imminent!
I will not live my life in fear
stuck solid in cement
generosity as weakness
is only fact in blackboard chalk
Back on the playground
begging for affection in a too-big jumper
a schoolbag filled with risotto from a food tech spillage
it’s mufti day and the boy everyone has a crush on exclaims
‘I thought you were fat!’
she doesn’t know how to respond, glows uncomfortably
begging for affection in a too-big jumper
a schoolbag filled with risotto from a food tech spillage
it’s mufti day and the boy everyone has a crush on exclaims
‘I thought you were fat!’
she doesn’t know how to respond, glows uncomfortably
December 9, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Back on the playground
begging for affection in a too-big jumper
a schoolbag filled with risotto from a food tech spillage
it’s mufti day and the boy everyone has a crush on exclaims
‘I thought you were fat!’
she doesn’t know how to respond, glows uncomfortably
begging for affection in a too-big jumper
a schoolbag filled with risotto from a food tech spillage
it’s mufti day and the boy everyone has a crush on exclaims
‘I thought you were fat!’
she doesn’t know how to respond, glows uncomfortably
patronising patriarch
you barely scraped the mark
chip on your shoulder
the size of the Roman Empire
Take it all out on me
Because you can? Because it’s free?
I’ll stroke your ego
out of fear and you know
you’re gonna bite me anyway
you barely scraped the mark
chip on your shoulder
the size of the Roman Empire
Take it all out on me
Because you can? Because it’s free?
I’ll stroke your ego
out of fear and you know
you’re gonna bite me anyway
December 8, 2025 at 2:43 PM
patronising patriarch
you barely scraped the mark
chip on your shoulder
the size of the Roman Empire
Take it all out on me
Because you can? Because it’s free?
I’ll stroke your ego
out of fear and you know
you’re gonna bite me anyway
you barely scraped the mark
chip on your shoulder
the size of the Roman Empire
Take it all out on me
Because you can? Because it’s free?
I’ll stroke your ego
out of fear and you know
you’re gonna bite me anyway
I’m not a pessimist, I’ll make the best of this
you are a masochist, all you do is dismiss
every word from your lips:
poisoned, egregious
you take and take, I choose to give
you made a mistake and I have to live—
with it— all my life, seeping through the cracks
in moments of silence I play it back
you are a masochist, all you do is dismiss
every word from your lips:
poisoned, egregious
you take and take, I choose to give
you made a mistake and I have to live—
with it— all my life, seeping through the cracks
in moments of silence I play it back
December 7, 2025 at 10:35 AM
I’m not a pessimist, I’ll make the best of this
you are a masochist, all you do is dismiss
every word from your lips:
poisoned, egregious
you take and take, I choose to give
you made a mistake and I have to live—
with it— all my life, seeping through the cracks
in moments of silence I play it back
you are a masochist, all you do is dismiss
every word from your lips:
poisoned, egregious
you take and take, I choose to give
you made a mistake and I have to live—
with it— all my life, seeping through the cracks
in moments of silence I play it back
my body is more than a conversation
I’m living a life in pain
my worth is more than you can imagine
my cost is your gain
my life is a springboard for innovation
can you say the same?
I’m living my life in pain
Put some respect on my name
I’m living a life in pain
my worth is more than you can imagine
my cost is your gain
my life is a springboard for innovation
can you say the same?
I’m living my life in pain
Put some respect on my name
December 6, 2025 at 10:33 AM
my body is more than a conversation
I’m living a life in pain
my worth is more than you can imagine
my cost is your gain
my life is a springboard for innovation
can you say the same?
I’m living my life in pain
Put some respect on my name
I’m living a life in pain
my worth is more than you can imagine
my cost is your gain
my life is a springboard for innovation
can you say the same?
I’m living my life in pain
Put some respect on my name
Saw you look at me
then quickly divert your gaze
I suck it up, suck it in,
but it sucks to be seen that way
As a comma, as a bracket,
as your daily good deed
As a pauper, as a racket,
as another bad seed
There’s a world out there
where I’m not your worst nightmare
then quickly divert your gaze
I suck it up, suck it in,
but it sucks to be seen that way
As a comma, as a bracket,
as your daily good deed
As a pauper, as a racket,
as another bad seed
There’s a world out there
where I’m not your worst nightmare
December 5, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Saw you look at me
then quickly divert your gaze
I suck it up, suck it in,
but it sucks to be seen that way
As a comma, as a bracket,
as your daily good deed
As a pauper, as a racket,
as another bad seed
There’s a world out there
where I’m not your worst nightmare
then quickly divert your gaze
I suck it up, suck it in,
but it sucks to be seen that way
As a comma, as a bracket,
as your daily good deed
As a pauper, as a racket,
as another bad seed
There’s a world out there
where I’m not your worst nightmare
Dizzy dancing—
Is she looking??
Spinning on four wheels
Blushed my cheeks and did my hair
but I forgot my heels!
Oh, I can see it all
Is it too late now to call?
Call it off, ring it up, where’s the cheque, where’s my brush, brush it off, but I saw
it all
Is she looking??
Spinning on four wheels
Blushed my cheeks and did my hair
but I forgot my heels!
Oh, I can see it all
Is it too late now to call?
Call it off, ring it up, where’s the cheque, where’s my brush, brush it off, but I saw
it all
December 4, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Dizzy dancing—
Is she looking??
Spinning on four wheels
Blushed my cheeks and did my hair
but I forgot my heels!
Oh, I can see it all
Is it too late now to call?
Call it off, ring it up, where’s the cheque, where’s my brush, brush it off, but I saw
it all
Is she looking??
Spinning on four wheels
Blushed my cheeks and did my hair
but I forgot my heels!
Oh, I can see it all
Is it too late now to call?
Call it off, ring it up, where’s the cheque, where’s my brush, brush it off, but I saw
it all
So this is what i get for all my self control
A haunted head with no hand to hold
Grief has the loudest echo
I just want to let myself go so
1,011 days later
and I’m wide awake wishing,
started suspending my suspicion of superstition,
I’ve tried feeling I’ve tried fact...
A haunted head with no hand to hold
Grief has the loudest echo
I just want to let myself go so
1,011 days later
and I’m wide awake wishing,
started suspending my suspicion of superstition,
I’ve tried feeling I’ve tried fact...
December 3, 2025 at 12:57 PM
So this is what i get for all my self control
A haunted head with no hand to hold
Grief has the loudest echo
I just want to let myself go so
1,011 days later
and I’m wide awake wishing,
started suspending my suspicion of superstition,
I’ve tried feeling I’ve tried fact...
A haunted head with no hand to hold
Grief has the loudest echo
I just want to let myself go so
1,011 days later
and I’m wide awake wishing,
started suspending my suspicion of superstition,
I’ve tried feeling I’ve tried fact...
Trying to purge myself of any negative energy before the new year, gonna publish a poem a day on notes if I can 🙈
I didn’t mean to love so hard
I didn’t think I’d be discarded
I didn’t ask for all these scars
I didn’t want to be so guarded
I want to keep this healing all to myself
I didn’t mean to love so hard
I didn’t think I’d be discarded
I didn’t ask for all these scars
I didn’t want to be so guarded
I want to keep this healing all to myself
December 3, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Trying to purge myself of any negative energy before the new year, gonna publish a poem a day on notes if I can 🙈
I didn’t mean to love so hard
I didn’t think I’d be discarded
I didn’t ask for all these scars
I didn’t want to be so guarded
I want to keep this healing all to myself
I didn’t mean to love so hard
I didn’t think I’d be discarded
I didn’t ask for all these scars
I didn’t want to be so guarded
I want to keep this healing all to myself
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Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
September 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
Learning Robert Reich and Sam Reich are related made me unreasonably happy!
August 28, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Learning Robert Reich and Sam Reich are related made me unreasonably happy!
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Join us for a Chronic Pain creative workshop at 7pm BST Sunday 31st August! We’ll be exploring being kind to yourself when your self is not and internalised ableism.
Hosted by @teawithhb.com All creatives welcome, we are an inclusive, international community!
buytickets.at/poetryorchar...
Hosted by @teawithhb.com All creatives welcome, we are an inclusive, international community!
buytickets.at/poetryorchar...
Select tickets – Chronic Pain: A Creative Workshop – Google Meet
A Creative Workshop inspired by Chronic Pain and coping with it.
buytickets.at
August 28, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Join us for a Chronic Pain creative workshop at 7pm BST Sunday 31st August! We’ll be exploring being kind to yourself when your self is not and internalised ableism.
Hosted by @teawithhb.com All creatives welcome, we are an inclusive, international community!
buytickets.at/poetryorchar...
Hosted by @teawithhb.com All creatives welcome, we are an inclusive, international community!
buytickets.at/poetryorchar...
Reposted by Blossom
You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive
― James Baldwin
Night 💚📖
― James Baldwin
Night 💚📖
July 30, 2025 at 3:24 AM
You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive
― James Baldwin
Night 💚📖
― James Baldwin
Night 💚📖
😑
Substack sent a push alert promoting a Nazi blog. “Substack is primarily funded by Andreessen Horowitz, a firm whose founders have pushed extreme far right rhetoric.” There was *an actual swastika* in the push alert! [patreon.com]
July 30, 2025 at 8:20 AM
😑
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Join us Saturday 26 July 2pm EST / 7pm BST for an Open Mic celebrating disability, neurodiversity, and creativity. Brought to you by The Disability Union & @teawithhb.com
Invite your friends and share this! Check Poetryorchard.com for tickets, FAQs, and more!
www.tickettailor.com/events/poetr...
Invite your friends and share this! Check Poetryorchard.com for tickets, FAQs, and more!
www.tickettailor.com/events/poetr...
Poetry Orchard
Poetry Orchard is an intersectional community led by queer, Black, Asian, and disabled people. Founded in 2022 by Blossom, Maria Helena Mikkelsen, and Nashira de la Rosa, we provide inclusive, educati...
Poetryorchard.com
July 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Join us Saturday 26 July 2pm EST / 7pm BST for an Open Mic celebrating disability, neurodiversity, and creativity. Brought to you by The Disability Union & @teawithhb.com
Invite your friends and share this! Check Poetryorchard.com for tickets, FAQs, and more!
www.tickettailor.com/events/poetr...
Invite your friends and share this! Check Poetryorchard.com for tickets, FAQs, and more!
www.tickettailor.com/events/poetr...
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Kemi Badenoch has said she does not believe one in four people are disabled.
I don’t believe Kemi Badenoch is a decent human being and capable politician.
We’ve all got our views, Kemi!
I don’t believe Kemi Badenoch is a decent human being and capable politician.
We’ve all got our views, Kemi!
July 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Kemi Badenoch has said she does not believe one in four people are disabled.
I don’t believe Kemi Badenoch is a decent human being and capable politician.
We’ve all got our views, Kemi!
I don’t believe Kemi Badenoch is a decent human being and capable politician.
We’ve all got our views, Kemi!
Reposted by Blossom
Join us this Saturday the 5th July 7pm BST for the rescheduled Celebrating Queer Art: A Creative Workshop Inspired by LGBTQIA+ Joy!
We'll explore pride as a protest and more
Hosted by @teawithhb.com
All creatives welcome, we are an inclusive, international community!
buytickets.at/poetryorchar...
We'll explore pride as a protest and more
Hosted by @teawithhb.com
All creatives welcome, we are an inclusive, international community!
buytickets.at/poetryorchar...
Select tickets – Celebrating Queer Art: A Creative Workshop Inspired by LGBTQIA+ Joy – Google Meet
A Creative Workshop inspired by LGBTQIA+ joy and finding it in the face of homophobia and current societal perspectives
buytickets.at
June 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Join us this Saturday the 5th July 7pm BST for the rescheduled Celebrating Queer Art: A Creative Workshop Inspired by LGBTQIA+ Joy!
We'll explore pride as a protest and more
Hosted by @teawithhb.com
All creatives welcome, we are an inclusive, international community!
buytickets.at/poetryorchar...
We'll explore pride as a protest and more
Hosted by @teawithhb.com
All creatives welcome, we are an inclusive, international community!
buytickets.at/poetryorchar...
Reposted by Blossom
Come along this Sunday 6th July 7pm for the rescheduled Kindred Spirits: A Creative Workshop Inspired by Celebrating Friendship!
We'll be celebrating kindred spirits and Maria
Hosted by @teawithhb.com, All creatives welcome, we are an inclusive, international community!
buytickets.at/poetryorchar...
We'll be celebrating kindred spirits and Maria
Hosted by @teawithhb.com, All creatives welcome, we are an inclusive, international community!
buytickets.at/poetryorchar...
https://buytickets.at/poetryorc…
June 30, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Come along this Sunday 6th July 7pm for the rescheduled Kindred Spirits: A Creative Workshop Inspired by Celebrating Friendship!
We'll be celebrating kindred spirits and Maria
Hosted by @teawithhb.com, All creatives welcome, we are an inclusive, international community!
buytickets.at/poetryorchar...
We'll be celebrating kindred spirits and Maria
Hosted by @teawithhb.com, All creatives welcome, we are an inclusive, international community!
buytickets.at/poetryorchar...