Thinks too much and tries to make sense of the world’s chaos, beauty, and commas; mostly through poetry.
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A personal reflection for today’s #vss365
Here’s one for today’s #vss365
Here’s one for today’s #vss365
This is profoundly moving in it's unvarnished truth. 💔
Here’s one for @yeehawpoems.bsky.social
On the theme of #ick
A #vss365 prompted by the horrifying events in Belfast last night
A more personal reflection on my own mother for today’s #vss365
Here’s one for this week's #promptcombo #NothingMakesSenseNowadays. Thanks to @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social
*Drawn towards integrating historical & topical issues into my own poetry, is what I meant below. 🪶
Hopefully @fiftywords.bsky.social doesn't mind his books being referenced here, but his collections are compelling, especially if you're exploring your own process of writing poetry in this way. 1/🧵
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Really powerful poem here
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Suzanne Dimmit
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Jenevieve Carlyn
Beth Brooke
A #vss365 prompted by the horrifying events in Belfast last night
A #vss365 prompted by the horrifying events in Belfast last night
...even so, I feel drawn to move towards this, via poetry. (Dermot's work is a good example of this).
I also like the fact that a slower pace & archival approach are intrinsic to anthologies - each poem is preserved, and there is time & space to read. I love submitting to them for that reason. 2/2
