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“Breaking Up” in Soho

Excited to share a poem from EX-CETERA (yes, I know, the ‘EX-cited’ pun is right there :’)), published last week…

city life, food, free verse, London, love, poem, poetry, poetry community, relationships, romance, sex, Soho, writers, writing

EX-CETERA (Nine Pens, 2023)

I recently shared on my social media accounts the exciting news that my new poetry collection, EX-CETERA, will be published…

books, indie publishing, new book, new books, news, poems, poetry, poetry books, poetry collection, publishing

Notebook Fragments: 2018-2022

Content warnings: Mental illness, suicidality, self-harm, disordered eating, addiction, death, sexual assault. Notebook Fragments: 2018-2022 (after Ocean Vuong) x Obsessively…

CNF, creative non fiction, diary, grief, journal, memoir, memory, mental health, mental illness, non-fiction, poetry, prose poetry, real life, social media, writer, writers life

Apotropaic

Apotropaic Last night I found the earrings I was wearing when you died. I’ll never wear them again, but I…

death, family, grief, life, loss, memory, mortality, poem, poetry, trauma, writing

When I First Bled – Commended Winner in The Poetry Society’s National Poetry Competition 2021

I’m so excited to share this news with you… My poem ‘When I First Bled’ is a commended winner in…

competition, National Poetry Competition, National Poetry Competition 2021, NPC 2021, poem, poetry, poets, prize, The Poetry Society, writers, writing

Liberteens

“Located in a peaceful and secluded part of Southgate, Priory Hospital North London is set within a striking Grade I…

addiction, alcohol, childhood, drugs, memories, mental illness, nostalgia, overdose, poem, poetry, teenage, teenagers, teens, youth

Diary Entries – 11/52

Monday super sad again today, choosing names for children that I’ll never have. Tuesday thinking about that time we took…

Daily Diary, diary, grief, journal, memoir, mental illness, notebook, poem, poetry, prose poem, prose poetry, prosetry, real life, writing

Can’t/Won’t Write

Well he asked me what I was passionate about and I said writing, I’m a writer, and he asked me…

drunk, prose poem, prose poetry, prosetry, secrets, sex, short story, strangers, writing

High Enough

I am standing on the roof. I am smoking a cigarette. I should be at work but I am too…

death, depression, dreams, grief, home, London, loss, memoir, mental illness, prose, real life, relationships, short prose, suicidal, suicide

& party & bullshit

So we were at another house party and I was sitting in the kitchen sink drinking lukewarm Glen’s vodka out…

alcohol, CNF, creative non fiction, drugs, life, memoir, party, prose, sex, short prose, student life, university, writing, youth

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