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Tag: summer

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

​Friends in Low Places

A stranger came up to me one night on the South Bank to tell me that she always sleeps with … More

city, crazy, death, humanity, life, London, madness, memories, murder, notebook, strangers, suicide, summer, writing

Houseboat

Lazing riverside Summer’s night Splintered tables Sticky thighs Discarded suit jackets Loosened ties Abandoned shoes Delirious eyes Plastic jugs of … More

alcohol, city, heatwave, Hijacked Amygdala, London, love, nostalgia, poem, poetry, relationships, rhyme, summer, writing

120618

I told myself that As soon as that plant dies, I’ll leave you. It’s fucking thriving.

diary, journal, love, nature, poem, poetry, promise, summer, writing

#655321

Days sober: 32. I have been sober for one month. I am relieved, I’m relieved that I made it. I almost … More

#655321, AA, addict, addiction, alcohol, alcoholism, anxiety, bars, boring, clubs, dating, depression, drinking, ffs, fml, food, health, London, men, pubs, reading, sober, sobriety, struggle, summer, weather, whyyyyyyyyy, Wilde, wine

Plans & Weeds

Days sober: 28 – four weeks. It’s okay in the day, I’m staying busy Tied up enough so I don’t have … More

#655321, addiction, alcohol, anxiety, art, beauty, bipolar, borderline, BPD, buildings, cemeteries, death, depression, existence, existentialism, future, graveyards, life, London, lyrics, mortality, music, nature, paranoia, planning, plans, sober, summer, things to do, thinking, writing

Le jardin sauvage de mon esprit

I wish my mother’s house had a garden. I so badly miss having access to a garden. I miss watching … More

depression, fruit, gardening, gardens, growth, I miss you, life, living, memories, mental health, meta, nature, nostalgia, philosophy, plants, poetry, seasons, spring, summer, writing

Summer Soulstice 2013

I just flashed back. The Summer Soulstice, the town’s biggest party, in a (muddy) field down in the gypsy end … More

alcohol, festival, friendship, love, memories, music, party, poetry, sex, summer, writing
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