Today I'm writing about writing, and asking for some advice. How can you write about relationships, exes and dating without crossing that private line?
Category: Creative
Poem | Update available
Here's my first poem of 2019; an ode to the New Year's resolution – the human app upgrade.
Poem | The wake-up call
At the weekend, I attended a Christmas poetry workshop run by the brilliant Artfulscribe in Southampton. We were asked to create a piece reflecting on a childhood Christmas memory; this is what I came up with. Merry Christmas!
We recorded a podcast!
Listen to my first ever podcast appearance! I talk all things art and culture with Amy Harwood on her show, Art And Stuff,
Shedding some light on Blackout Poetry
It's an interesting concept; finding hidden poetry within words chosen by someone else. Using a simple black marker and an old paper to create something new.
Poem | Better With Age
I'm ever more aware of how my body is changing as I get older; and though I still have a lot of anxiety about how I look, I have found that I am more at ease with my imperfections than I was five years ago.
Honest Haiku: Nine
Today is my birthday! What better way to simultaneously celebrate and recognise my anxieties about ageing, than write an Honest Haiku?!
Poem | Bonfire, Bonfire
I wanted to write a little poem dedicated to this time of year. It's not witty, or clever – to be honest it's pretty basic – but it's full of my love for flame and spark.
Honest Haiku: Eight
I finally have the next installment, to my poetry series. This one was actually part of another poem, but I chopped it off so it had its own starring role.
Poem | Low Light
Autumn is beautiful inside and out. When I started writing poetry again, the first one I finished, shared and performed, was one about the best season of all; and it's time I shared it with you.
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