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Tag: experience

Elizabeth

she looked like a girl I knew but stranger a creature dental-floss hair ice in her eyes tattoos on her … More

conversation, depression, dialogue, experience, friendship, holiday, life, mental illness, poem, poetry, secrets, strangers, suffering, 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

Two Thousand and Nineteen

JANUARY NYE was disastrous: a big fight and an unforgivable text message. Boyfriend dumped me. Nights wandering around the city, … More

2019, art, books, breakdown, depression, experience, hospital, life, mental health, mental illness, poetry, psychosis, sectioned, truth, writing

1119

found in phone notes 9th Nov – 23:23 The last time I met Emily Dickinson in my dreams we had … More

diary, dreams, experience, journal, life, memory, notebook, poetry, prose, trauma

Hack

Dear Little Boy who was sitting in front of me on the 214 bus yesterday who had his arm wrapped … More

advice, childhood, conversation, experience, kids, learning, letter, life, London, poem, poetry, prosetry, self harm, strangers, truth

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

Needles (1)

[Part of the Body Series] PIERCINGS Left ear: 4 on lobe: 3 cartilage: rook, anti-tragus, helix Right ear: 6 on … More

body, experience, experimental, growing up, life, memory, pain, piercings, self, self portrait, series, style, teenagers, writing

Red Sea

from an old notebook, Spring 2015: Edmonton Lidl frozen aisle basket a woman’s face confused red wine badness red sea glass barefoot bloody … More

diary, experience, journal, life, London, memories, mental health, mental illness, Moleskine, notebook, psychosis, writing, wtf
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