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oh god it’s wonderful to get out of bed & drink too much wine & think too much & love you so much

Some exciting news via The Poetry Society! I’m honoured to have had a poem from my work-in-progress, about overthinking and … More

alcohol, complex trauma, cornwall, death, falmouth, grief, love, memory, mental health, mental illness, poem, poet, poetry, poets, relationships, suicide, The Poetry Society, trauma, writing

Listening to an ‘end credits’ playlist & feeling sick about the kiss that never happened

Tonight the wide Parma Violet sky demands to be written as poetry. Every time the clouds decide to dress themselves … More

BPD, EX-CETERA, love, mental health, mental illness, new books, poem, poetry, poetry community, relationships, suicide, writing

EX-CETERA – publication day!

It’s publication day for me and my mad little book! After nine years in the making, the story of Dolly … More

EX-CETERA, love, mental health, new book, new books, new release, poetry, poetry books, poetry community, publishing, relationships, writers, writing, writing community

Brent Cross Shopping Centre & Jump – two poems from EX-CETERA

Two poems from EX-CETERA, which will be out in the world this time next week! (29/09). ‘Brent Cross Shopping Centre’ … More

books, EX-CETERA, love, memory, new books, poems, poetry, poetry community, relationships, writing

Worried to Death (1) & Worried to Death (2) – from EX-CETERA

I’m excited to share two poems from my new collection, EX-CETERA, which will be published by Nine Pens at the … More

alcohol, drugs, love, mental health, mental illness, poem, poetry, poetry community, relationships, sex, suicide, writing

“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 … More

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

Icarus

It was a sad thing to discover that the sensation of your lit cigarette burying its hot head in the pale crook of … More

love, myth, pain, poem, poetry, relationships, violence, writing

One Time at Camden Lock

1 / I watch the man in the crumpled white shirt take a swig from his can of Stella and … More

alcohol, Camden Town, crime, life, London, love, memory, mental illness, murder, observation, poetry, prose, prosetry, relationships, short prose, short story

Another Time at Camden Lock

It’s a strange feeling, this, to be left alone in the middle of a crowd, to be abandoned by people … More

Camden Town, depression, drunk, lies, London, love, poem, poetry, relationships, suicidal, writer, writing

Critical response to History of Present Complaint by HLR

I’ve been informed that humans, especially when reading online, have a short attention span (!) so, with this in mind, … More

book lovers, book reviews, books, criticism, feedback, love, poetry, readers, response, reviews, thank you!, writing

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