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Review: First Cut #3 – Muller

Book: Baptism by FireAuthor: Amy-Jean MullerPublisher: Close To The Bone (Jan 2021)Book #3 in the First Cut series Buy here: … More

book review, books, chapbook, first cut, patriarchy, poems, poetry, poetry community, power, reading, religion, review, sex, violence, womanhood, writing

A Modern-day Easter Story

A satirical account of Easter weekend in Locked-down London. The Scum = The Sun (awful tabloid newspaper) BoJo = Boris … More

coronavirus, covid19, Easter, government, journalism, life, lockdown, London, magic, media, mental health, parody, religion, retelling, satire, UK

050319

I don’t know what to give up for Lent… carbs? cutting? cheese? cocaine? chocolate? crying? casual commitment to Catholicism??? (I … More

addiction, Catholicism, dark, depression, diary, journal, Lent, life, notebook, poem, poetry, religion, self harm, writing

140218

​”Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” Oh, you don’t need to remind me of that, … More

bollocks, Catholicism, death, diary, drugs, journal, Lent, love, poetry, religion, Valentine's Day, writing

Bad Friday

I am a bible carved out of stone, sitting quietly in the corner of the empty prison cell of your … More

archives, hate, Hijacked Amygdala, love, poetry, power, prosetry, relationships, religion, suffering, writing

RudeTube

The day after the November 2015 Paris attacks I was standing on the platform with my eyes shut, listening for … More

blogging, city life, ffs, Hijacked Amygdala, humanity, Islamophobia, London, observations, politics, religion, truth, writing, wronguns

Revelation

It no longer matters whether I believe in God. What matters is whether there’s a god somewhere that believes in … More

faith, mental health, recovery, religion, suicide, thinking, writing

Friday Night Live from London

A wise man once told me, ‘All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence … More

academics, addiction, bipolar, books, borderline, BPD, depression, education, existentialism, knowledge, learning, mental health, philosophy, psychology, questions, reading, religion, studying, thinking, writing

Rumi

There’s been some drama happening in my area during the past hour and a half. Police presence is not unusual around … More

art, beauty, drama, favourites, inspiration, Islam, London, love, poems, poetry, police, quotes, reading, religion, Rumi, Sufism, writing

New Rules

This won’t be a particularly compelling post, but I just need to get some bits down. This time last week I … More

addiction, alcohol, anxiety, beauty, bipolar, BPD, Bullying, CBT, DBT, family, fighting 4 my life, fitness, life, life lessons, London, mental health, mental illness, mind body soul, mindfulness, new start, NHS, panic, paranoia, patience, philosophy, recovery, religion, self harm, suicidal, therapy, treatment, yoga

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