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Birthday Letters

December: the month of birthday letters: letters that, this year, I cannot write. Now You Are 9. Now You Are … More

birthdays, death, depression, diary, family, fear, grief, journal, Letters, love, notebook, words, writing

As You Lay Dying

I got our ‘goodbye’ wrong. All of those rehearsals and I got stage fright, fluffed my lines, fucked it up … More

afterlife, death, grief, Hijacked Amygdala, journal, memory, mortality, notebook, poem, poetry, words, writing

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In response to today’s (final) prompt of NaPoWriMo 2019: to write a minimalist poem. I always try to cut out … More

anagram, crime, experimental, GloPoWriMo, knife crime, language, London, minimalism, NaPoWriMo, poem, poetry, power, words, writing

Reason

Isn’t it strange that I am your voice of reason but not my own? And for good reason, too. Me … More

free verse, free writing, friendship, Hijacked Amygdala, language, life, poem, poetry, stream of consciousness, thoughts, words, writing

2019

Starting off this new year with two pertinent quotations, both by Norman Cousins, because I honestly cannot find the words that … More

2019, death, inspiration, life, new year, quotation, quotes, sadness, truth, wisdom, words, writing

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​I disagree when you describe my associates as “unsavoury characters” because surely if something is un-savoury then it, by definition, … More

drunk, friends, friendship, journal, language, life, notebook, poem, poetry, pub life, words, writing, wronguns

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Sometimes I think to myself, “This is unbearable.” I usually have this thought when I am smoking out of my … More

death, depression, diary, fucked, grief, journal, madness, notebook, pain, ramblings, suicide, survival, truth, words, writing

Skyline

When I look out across the city, on these tipsy evenings where I am so filled with anger and tarnished … More

bipolar, blah, BPD, city, despair, existentialism, fuck this, heartbreak, language, LDN, London, mental health, miss you, pain, sexual health, suicide, tipsy, whhhyyyyyyy, words, writing, wtf

– W H I T E – N O I S E –

It began as sports commentary. Two commentators, one with a Brummie accent and one Southerner, giving updates on different games … More

anxiety, auditory, bipolar, blahhhh, BPD, delusions, depression, family, genre, hallucinations, help, lyrics, music, noise, paranoia, psychosis, radio, reality, sport, story, thinking, words, writing, wtf

Blut: A Poem in English and German

I have cleaned up your bloody Antlitz three times. That is two times too many. Blood rieselte from your head … More

blood, German, language, NaPoWriMo, poetry, translation, words, writing
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