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I wonder if when you refer to the women in your life you still mention me by name how do … More

challenge, change, life, love, memory, mental health, mental illness, poetry, prompt, relationships, writing

On Melancholy

1 / Melancholy does not smother, it coats. Like those strange London summers when the cars were covered in a … More

depression, Free Verse Revolution, FVR, life, melancholy, mental health, mental illness, poetry, prompt, prosetry, sadness, theme, writing

April Meditations

Inspired by the 29th NaPoWriMo prompt to produce a poem that meditates, I used this poem to meditate on the … More

breakdown, chronic illness, family, hospital, life, meditation, mental illness, NaPoWriMo, NHS, poem, poetry, prompt, reflection, trauma, writing

A Poem About A Poem

Here’s my contribution to day 28 of NaPoWriMo in response to the prompt “to write a meta-poem” i.e a poem … More

free verse, GloPoWriMo, life, love, meta, meta-poem, NaPoWriMo, poem, poetry, prompt, relationships, rhyme, writing

CVIII

Based on today’s NaPoWriMo prompt to “remix” a Shakespearean sonnet, this poem is inspired by sonnet 108, which you can … More

GloPoWriMo, language, love, NaPoWriMo, notebook, poem, poetry, prompt, shakespeare, sonnet, writing

2504

A poem for the 25th day of NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo based on the prompt to write a poem “specific to a season.” … More

chaos, city, danger, GloPoWriMo, life, London, NaPoWriMo, poem, poetry, prompt, psychosis, summer, teenagers, writing, youth

1104

My 11th poem for NaPoWriMo based on the prompt: to write a poem of origin. This was hard to write. … More

childhood, family, GloPoWriMo, life, love, memory, NaPoWriMo, notebook, origin, pain, parents, poem, poetry, prompt, writing

0704

A short, simple poem for Day 7 of NaPoWriMo based on the prompt: gifts and joy.

freedom, GloPoWriMo, heartbreak, kindness, life, love, NaPoWriMo, nostalgia, notebook, poetry, prompt, relationships, writing

010419

My first contribution to NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo 2019, inspired by the prompt: instruction.

challenge, GloPoWriMo, NaPoWriMo, poem, poetry, prompt, writing
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