Late Night Poetry #21: Candles in the Night
This poem is inspired by Yusef Komunyakaa’s Reflections, a haunting poem about a tragedy (TW: suicide) and what we see in reflections and mirrors, what they represent. I used some of the images in the...
View ArticleWhat Meets The Eye: Arachne Press Anthology
This year, I submitted two poems for consideration in an Arachne Press anthology, What Meets The Eye, a collection of poems, stories, and scripts by deaf and hard of hearing writers in the UK. It’s...
View ArticleLate Night Poetry #22: The Merchant’s Wife At Tea
This poem is something I wrote last year using the Winter Tangerine prompt of writing about a piece of art I admire or enjoy. I chose The Merchant’s Wife at Tea by Boris Kustodiev. It’s quite a...
View ArticleLate Night Poetry #23: 15 Ways to Stay Alive
I’m back with another poem this evening, another ‘after poem’ taking loose inspiration from Daphne Gottlieb’s 15 Ways to Stay Alive. I’m not sure how effective this poem is as it was hard to find a...
View ArticleLate Night Poetry #24: An Introduction
An Introduction after Molly Brodak I am composed of teaand cardigans.There is a tangle of wool living inside of me that I call anxiety.My heart is bruisedbut open like the sky.I feel wide awakewhen...
View ArticlePoem: Rusty Sea
I wrote this poem from a prompt asking to take inspiration from a ‘Today I Learned’ post on Reddit. In my case the fact was ‘That since the 1960s, the Aral Sea, formerly the largest lake in the world,...
View ArticleLate Night Poetry #25: Little Delights
A poem of small delights based on a prompt ‘Write about your little joys’ from Winter Tangerine’s 2018 prompts. Little Delights Puddles of shadows from the lights on the walls,a rise in cadence as my...
View ArticleLate Night Poetry #26: Wonder Moon
A quick post today because I’ve run out of spoons and it’s past midnight in the UK. Poets use the moon a lot in metaphors and as inspiration, and I’m no different. It’s like a lodestone, even with its...
View ArticleLate Night Poetry #27: Self Portrait As Rain
Photo by Dan Carlson, Unsplash. Self Portrait As Rain I mist the sentinel trees, landing softly,adorning branches and leaves with jewels. I slide in waterfall rivulets down windows, a musical...
View ArticleLate Night Poetry #28: Tiny Nightmares
I wrote this poem last month as a response to a series of prompts by The Constant Poet, Michelle Awad, on Instagram, October Poetry Prompts. I thought about the kind of things that are small but...
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