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Category: Journal-esque

“Strong and Sturdy”

CW/TW: suicidal ideation. The grotesque irony of realising that you do indeed need to be hospitalised for your own safety … More

BPD, breakdown, depression, hospital, mental health, mental illness, poetry, prose poem, prosetry, self harm, suicidality, suicide, writing

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 … More

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

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 … More

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

Stuff & Things: Spring 2021

And perfect sentence from Lucinella by Lore Segal: “Sweetness suffuses my blood like a substance that melts jealousy in retrospect.”   … More

books, covid, kitten, life, lockdown, London, nature, outdoors, pets, photo, photo diary, reading, vaccine

Strangeland

“Strolling on the plateau of life, desperate for the mountain, I never thought that I would get this far. It’s … More

art, books, existence, kitten, life, memoir, pets, poetry, reading, tracey emin, writers, writing

I Gave Myself September (3)

Part 1 Part 2 I have learnt that when I’m buzzing with instructions of intense self-sabotage, if I ignore and … More

destruction, diary, existence, gifts, life, mental health, mental illness, prose, prosetry, series, writing

A Poet’s Edit

Going through my dad’s old writings, transcribing his poetry to be posted on his blog (coming soon!!), I found an … More

grief, heartbreak, inspiration, love, memory, pain, poet, poetry, poets, wisdom, writers, writing

040120

I am always really surprised when I realise that I’m alive [that I’m alive to begin with / that I’m … More

death, diary, experience, journal, life, madness, mortality, notebook, poetry, truth, writing

Birthday Letters

December: the month of birthday letters: letters that, this year, I cannot write. Now You Are 9. Now You Are … More

birthdays, death, depression, diary, family, fear, grief, journal, Letters, love, notebook, words, writing

Happy Death Day! (3)

3 years. Sometimes it feels like 3 days, sometimes 3 weeks, sometimes a decade, but always far too long ago … More

afterlife, anniversary, childhood, daddy, daughter, death, emotions, family, grief, journal, letter, loss, love, memory, mortality, mourning, writing

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