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First Cut: Interview with Dan Sherven

The celebrate the release of the 11th book in the First Cut Poetry series, Live to the Point of Tears … More

books, hip hop, interview, lyrics, music, new books, new releases, poetry, poetry books, rap, rappers, reading, writers life, writing

Review: First Cut #6 – Bowie

Book: Dead Birds & Sinking Ships: (Happy Little Tales of Melancholy Madness) Author: John Bowie Publisher: Close To The Bone (June 2021) Book #6 … More

book reviews, books, collection, depression, music, noir, poems, poetry, poetry books, review, reviews, writing

‘AN INTERVIEW WITH POET SUPERSTAR HLR BY STEPHEN J. GOLDS’

https://punknoirmagazine.com/2021/07/24/an-interview-with-poet-superstar-hlr-by-stephen-j-golds-2/ This time last year, I was trying to talk the editor of an Indie Crime Press into letting me … More

blogging, books, indie authors, interview, life, music, poems, poetry, poets, reading, writers, writing, writing community

#hash

I feel so far removed from the thousand or so nights that I spent splayed out on that broken bed, … More

drugs, escapism, hash, life, lyrics, memories, mental health, mental illness, music, poetry, prosetry, short prose, smoking, teenage, teens, writing

A Song For World Mental Health Day

A Song To Say Goodbye by Placebo (2006) This song (a track on ‘Meds’ which is one of my all-time … More

addiction, awareness, depression, family, help, love, lyrics, mental health, mental illness, music, suicide, video, WMHD, world mental health day, worldmentalhealthday

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Sometimes I feel bad about doing what I’m doing, existing—I shan’t say living—how I’m existing: my days consist of dreaming, … More

alcohol, books, chronic illness, death, depression, drugs, existence, family, grief, journal, life, mental illness, music, notebook, writing

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Mood: tired but wired Watching: Orange Is The New Black – season 4 Reading: The Vegetarian by Han Kang Listening: … More

alcohol, books, diary, family, food, journal, life, list, makeup, mood, music, personal

Saturday Night Live

Alternative title: whisky and pixies. Evenin’ Pops, I miss you. I’m at your flat. I feel better here, with all … More

alcohol, epistle, family, friendship, health, hospital, letter, life, love, lyrics, miss you, music, NHS, recovery, siblings

Autumn Leaves

My life recently seems to be comprised largely of clichés. As a writer, this is disastrous. Clichés are vile. Cliche … More

addiction, alcohol, anxiety, art, Bob Dylan, borderline, BPD, depression, drugs, London, music, overheard, recovery, rehab, shock, trauma, writing

Sunday Funday

I don’t usually post things like this, but I just saw this comic about book-lovers and it actually made me … More

addiction, Bob Dylan, books, comic, concert, drugs, illustration, life, love, music, reading

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