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Tag: body

Heart(less)

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

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

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 … More

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

Lovely

You had three nosebleeds today, allof them highly satisfying, each equallylovely. The free-falling drop of claretthat lands on your newspaperat … More

blood, body, mental health, mental illness, poem, poetry, psychology, writing

Kneading

  Originally published by Lunate (August 2021). Read the original post here.

body, depression, healing, pain, poem, poetry, relationships, stress, touch, writing

How Could You?

You used my own body against me. This flesh that is mine to weaponise. This house that is mine to … More

abuse, body, poem, poetry, sex, violence, writing

Anatomy of a Disordered Personality: Bones

I’m delighted that poem #2 ‘Bones’ from my WIP (my second full-length prosetry collection Anatomy of a Disordered Personality) has … More

body, books, journal, lit mag, memoir, memory, new work, poem, poetry, prose, prose poem, prosetry, publishing, reading, trauma, writing

Winner of The Desmond O’Grady International Poetry Competition 2021 – Anatomy of a Disordered Personality: Skin by HLR

I’m delighted to announce that I am the winner of The Desmond O’Grady International Poetry Competition 2021! The competition is … More

body, CNF, competition, memoir, mental illness, NaPoWriMo, poem, poetry, poetry prize, prosetry, winner, writing

Half-Life

Ashley told us that every time you do a line of cocaine it makes loads of microscopic holes in your … More

addiction, advice, body, drug abuse, drugs, friendship, memory, poem, poetry, psychology, science, student life, writing, youth

051119

It’s mad that this mess of atoms and bones and flesh can feel so many feelings

body, BPD, diary, emotions, eupd, feelings, human, journal, notebook, personality disorder, poem, poetry, psychosis

Face / Eyes

[Part of the Body Series] My eyes give me away. They are mine but you see your self inside them. They … More

body, body image, colour, confidence, depression, introspective, life, pain, poem, poetry, portrait, self portrait, series, truth, writing

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