Autobiography
War makes insomniacs and bad poetry
I woke up and 4 am last night, my stomach in a knot over the news of the last week. This poured out of me on the Notes app on my phone. I always turn to poetry when I'm anxious, I find it unfiltered and visceral. It's neither good nor reasoned, but that's okay, it's one of my best therapeutic tools.
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Lily of the Lamplight
She admitted me to the hospital that night at reception I believed it was an emergency people get that way with anxiety, like they can't breathe and...
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Teashop Times
Nothing explosive at the teashop this week, but a few whimsical incidents, nonetheless. On taking a window seat one day I observed a perfectly...
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Living Alone
No family no friends just on my own the whole time just a handful visits and mostly work related. You know you are alone when … At last you've got...
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More Snowdrops ! (hidden away)
Is that a drift of snow peeping over the top of the bank? …
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Brief Moments To Imagine
Dear diary... living twilight years within brightness of new days is all I need. But oh! To wander once again down adjacent lanes to coastal cliff...
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Teashop Times
It was another windy day today and people outside the teashop were bending almost double in their attempts to cross the road. Railings were used like...
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Aquamarine Rapunzel
I remember the time I gave myself a bit of a makeover. I was about two or three, old enough to have a train of thought, but not enough for it to be...
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Wonderful Ludlow View
Look over the river Teme with its weirs, circling below; at the castle rooted firmly above the water, on the other side with the nowadays town...
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Gift Heart
Inside this tin, I’ve placed my heart, A last gift to you on this day, at this end, Five years from the start. You have underlined the silence,...
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