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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…

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Heart(less)

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

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Want

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

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First Cut Poetry – 30 writing prompts #NaPoWriMo #GloPoWriMo

Throughout April, I tweeted a poetry writing prompt from the @FirstCutPoetry account to (hopefully) encourage people who write 30 poems…

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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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Ways In Which Your Body Stopped You From Living Your Dreams

You wanted to be a prima ballerina but childhood malnourishment & dire poverty made your bones too weak, your tiny…

addiction, body, childhood, dreams, mental illness, poem, poetry, prose poem, prosetry, self harm, writing

First Cut: Interview with Gabriel Hart

The 12th book in the First Cut Poetry series, Hymns from the Whipping Post by the multi-talented Gabriel Hart, was…

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Burnt Teaspoons

“Oi. What colour are my eyes?” Until that moment, I had deliberately avoided looking into his eyes. Eye contact is…

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Sink

He says he never brings girls back to his place because he’s embarrassed about his flat. I tell him that…

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