I kept explaining my heart away. Too heavy to carry, too broken to mend, I dreamt that that mess of … More
Tag: body
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
Lovely
You had three nosebleeds today, allof them highly satisfying, each equallylovely. The free-falling drop of claretthat lands on your newspaperat … More
Kneading
Originally published by Lunate (August 2021).
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
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
Half-Life
Ashley told us that every time you do a line of cocaine it makes loads of microscopic holes in your … More
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
Bones
[Part of the Body Series] Skull: frontal cranial bone: a neat linear fracture: above right eye, below hairline: wish I knew … More
Needles (2)
[Part of the Body Series] TATTOOS 1: upper right thigh: Latin script: a bad job, artist was too heavy-handed: permanently … More
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