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All Roads Lead to Seven Sisters

1. I am standing on an upturned bin looking through the little barred window into the room that I was … More

city, CNF, London, memoir, memory, poem, poems, poetry, self portrait, triptych, writing, youth

I am, I am, I am

1. I am a letter. I have been sliced open and arranged with all the others. Important / ignored / … More

mental illness, poem, poems, poetry, self portrait, triptych, writing

Review: First Cut #9 – Lambert

Book: The Shamble Author: Steve Lambert Publisher: Close To The Bone (October 2021) Book #9 in the First Cut series Buy here: ebook / paperback The Shamble … More

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Found in Phone Notes

09:23 The last time I met Emily Dickinson in my dreams we had coffee and ice cream, and I taught … More

depression, dreams, grief, mental illness, poems, poetry, prose poetry, trauma, writing

Review: First Cut #8 – McConville

Book: Lyrics From The Chamber Author: Mark McConville Publisher: Close To The Bone (August 2021) Book #8 in the First Cut series Buy here: ebook / paperback   Lyrics … More

book review, book reviews, books, chapbook, depression, poems, poetry, poetry books, review, reviews, writing

HLR interviewed by Amy-Jean Muller for Outcast Press

conversation, grief, interview, lit mag, loss, poems, poetry, poetry community, trauma, writing, writing community

Review: First Cut #7 – Christopher

Book: Abandoned Accounts: Poems 2020-2021 Author: Roy Christopher Publisher: Close To The Bone (July 2021) Book #7 in the First Cut series Buy here: ebook / paperback * Roy … More

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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

Custody Conversations

  Excerpt from History of Present Complaint by HLR (Close to the Bone, 2021). To read more, get a copy … More

CNF, health, hospital, life, memoir, mental health, mental illness, NHS, poems, poetry, prosetry, psychosis, sectioned, 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

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