Today is my birthday! What better way to simultaneously celebrate and recognise my anxieties about ageing, than write an Honest Haiku?!
Tag: Poetry
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.
Give poetry a chance
We have been brought up seeing poetry as this thing to take very seriously; a high-culture something to think deeply about. And so many people don’t think it’s for them. I don’t think that’s the case at all. It’s time for this to change.
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.
Poem | Ours
I wrote a poem for Stylist Magazine's first ever wedding competition...and won! Here's my entry, and a little more info.
Honest Haiku: Seven
Read More: Honest Haiku: one Honest Haiku: two Honest Haiku: three Honest Haiku: five Honest Haiku: six
Five things I learned from my poetry course
At the end of last year I took an evening course titled ‘Poetry Essentials: Writing Free Verse’. It taught me a lot more than just about structure, sound, and style. I think it's about time I shared some of them with you (and reacquainted myself with them as well).
Monthly Muses | July 2018
My latest edition of Monthly Muses is jam packed with articles, shows and creative sources that kept me busy over the last few weeks..
Poem | The Great Divide
I've written a new original poem exploring the dichotomy of looking for love and the love of singledom.
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