Hi, my name is JoyLove! I'm new here!
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JoyLove
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Writer Artist Poet I. Scoliosis. Polar-Bi.
Dead Dumbed Down or Way Up High.
Watch me Fall or See me Fly!
Bit Fed Up with Being in Pain. Crying daily. Slow in Sane.
Where's the Benefit? My Gain?
Support I need to Claim My Name?
I used to Teach. I used to Run.
I used to Sing and Dance. Have FUN!
Now hiding, even from the Sun!
What Present have I Won?
Filled in All the Forms for Years. Ticked the Boxes. Shed the Tears.
And now to Further Farther Fears. My Rent is in Arrears!
I'd like Some Good Advice for Free. Please offer Kindness. Sympathy.
And how to Claim the DHP! And Pray for ALL! (including me!)
Thanks!
JL
Dead Dumbed Down or Way Up High.
Watch me Fall or See me Fly!
Bit Fed Up with Being in Pain. Crying daily. Slow in Sane.
Where's the Benefit? My Gain?
Support I need to Claim My Name?
I used to Teach. I used to Run.
I used to Sing and Dance. Have FUN!
Now hiding, even from the Sun!
What Present have I Won?
Filled in All the Forms for Years. Ticked the Boxes. Shed the Tears.
And now to Further Farther Fears. My Rent is in Arrears!
I'd like Some Good Advice for Free. Please offer Kindness. Sympathy.
And how to Claim the DHP! And Pray for ALL! (including me!)
Thanks!

JL
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Hi @JoyLove, welcome to the community!
Thank you for sharing with usYou might be interested in having a look at our creative space KaleidoScope.
Please do let us know if you have any questions!0 -
Hello @JoyLove and a warm welcome to you. Your rhyme is very, very neat and, like Lasian, I'd quite like to see it in our gallery, KaleidoScope.
Behind the rhyme here, of course, there seems to be serious 'reason'. DHP was new to me but it appears to be the Discretionary Housing Payment? Whilst you may well hear from members here who know about it, including our benefits advisors, there is a very coherent post on the subject on the Shelter website that you might like to have a look at: https://england.shelter.org.uk/housing_advice/housing_benefit/discretionary_housing_payments_dhp
Please let me know if that helps and please, please, please don't hesitate to ask us anything further or tell us more about yourself.
Your writer, artist, poet friend,
Richard
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