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Category: Journal-esque

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

“No Need For Introductions… (2)

I’ve read about girls like you on the backs of toilet doors.” another collection of things that have been written … More

art, Camden Town, clubs, drunk, feminism, girls, life, London, nightlife, photos, poetry, pub life, pubs, weekend, women

Talking

Talking doesn’t feel like healing. For me, talking feels like opening old wounds waking dormant demons picking at infected scabs … More

BPD, experience, Free Verse Revolution, FVR, healing, hospital, life, mental illness, NHS, poetry, prompt, psychotherapy, recovery, therapy, treatment, writing

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