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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 … 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).

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

Scars

[Part of the Body Series] “Have you ever counted them?” “No.” “You should count them,” “Why?” “It’ll be interesting,” “I don’t think … More

body, body image, childhood, confessional, depression, experience, image, injury, life, mental illness, pain, self harm, self portrait, series, teenager, truth, violence, writing

Bones

[Part of the Body Series] Skull: frontal cranial bone: a neat linear fracture: above right eye, below hairline: wish I knew … More

body, body image, experience, experimental, health, injury, life, pain, prosetry, reflection, self, self portrait, series, writing, youth

Needles (2)

[Part of the Body Series] TATTOOS 1: upper right thigh: Latin script: a bad job, artist was too heavy-handed: permanently … More

art, body, body art, body image, experience, experimental, prosetry, self, self harm, self portrait, series, tattoo, tattoos, writing

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