A poem about an autumnal walk through Gibbie’s Wood that offered respite from a difficult period of low self-esteem
Walking through Tŷ Canol wood, Pembrokeshire
A poem written whilst walking through ancient woodland upon hearing good news.
Photograph of Tŷ Canol wood taken by Colin Harper.
A poem inspired by sharing voice notes with a sweet friend
A poem written during recent storms
A poem about dancing, gardening, shadow and light
Jupiter cazimi – abundance and luck!
A poem about finding the opening weeks of April hard
A poem about the liminality of spring
A poem honouring the silence and stillness of January; a month that is deeply dishonoured in our Western culture. With love and gratitude to Nikki McKinney at The Bell Jar Flowers for her permission to use her photograph for the featured image.
A poem I wrote in early December 2022, as we inched further into winter towards the solstice
A poem inspired by autumn and Walt Whitman’s ‘Crossing Brooklyn Ferry’
A poem about mystery – featured image by Jen Buckley Art
A poem in anticipation of a heatwave
A poem inspired by my peonies and a podcast episode by This Jungian Life
Reflections and hopes as I begin to turn 30
A poem to mark the lunar eclipse
A poem I wrote in a passion of hot anger. This post contains a trigger warning.
A poem written a week after testing positive for Covid-19
A poem written on Imbolc
A poem about Friday
A poem about the liminal time before menstrual bleeding
A poem about unlived lives
I wrote this poem whilst my husband made BOSH! Spaghetti Bolognese
A poem inspired by a dream and ‘Women Who Run With the Wolves’ by Clarissa Pinkola Estés
A poem for late June
A poem about spring and summer
A poem of gratitude and longing for house parties
A poem about anxiety, darkness and turning toward healing
A Sunday lockdown poem
A poem for late 2020
It’s been a long, exhausting week
The first was little and apple green
This started off as a dream I had during the witching hour of my 28th birthday
For Paris, Thursday 29th May 1913
I’ve had a couple of glasses of wine… fuck it
‘#HandwrittenShakespeare – A Midsummer Night’s Dream‘
I hand-write Theseus’s speech from Act V scene i of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and offer a gobbit-style close reading
‘Tender is the Gelignite’ – 0.5 preview
I release a preview of Tender is the Gelignite, featuring the first chapter ‘0.5’
‘Tender is the Gelignite’ – personal thanks
Some separate personal thanks for those bods who helped Tender is the Gelignite to come about
‘Tender is the Gelignite’ – publication and notes
I publish my first novel, Tender is the Gelignite, including the link for purchase from Amazon and some thoughts on the publication process.
Harping On 