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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…

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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

First Cut: Interview with Steve Lambert

The ninth book in the First Cut Poetry series, The Shamble by Steve Lambert, was released one year ago. To…

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Baby Boy

cw/tw: drug abuse, suicidal ideation, graphic description of imagined death The last time I walked this far I was a…

BPD, breakdown, cats, death, drug abuse, grief, mental health, mental illness, pandemic, pets, poem, poetry, suicidality, suicide, writers, writing

Injuries You Cannot See #29

Content warning: self-harm Injuries You Cannot See #29 She has four dents in her head: when everyone was obsessed with…

borderline personality disorder, BPD, depression, life, mental illness, poem, poems, poetry, self harm, self injury, suicidality, writing

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

First Cut: Interview with Roy Christopher

The seventh book in the First Cut Poetry series, Abandoned Accounts: Poems 2020 – 2021 by Roy Christopher, was released…

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First Cut: Interview with John Bowie

The sixth book in the First Cut Poetry series, Dead Birds & Sinking Ships (Happy Little Tales of Melancholy Madness)…

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On Re-Reading My Own Book

Yesterday, I re-read my debut poetry collection, History of Present Complaint, for the first time since its release in February…

books, borderline personality disorder, BPD, CPTSD, diary, dissociation, grief, journal, memory, poems, poetry, PTSD, reading, suicide, therapy, trauma, writing

Heart(less)

I kept explaining my heart away. Too heavy to carry, too broken to mend, I dreamt that that mess of…

body, love, memory, mental health, mental illness, poem, poetry, prosetry, relationships, trauma, writing

Want

“What do you want?” “I want to chew on your bones // to go back to 2008 and stop her…

addiction, CNF, creative writing, life, memoir, mental illness, poem, poetry, prose poem, prosetry, relationships, writing

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