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I have 128 stories published in 11 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 71080 times and 48 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1 of my 3 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 2 votes

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Emma du Toit

I have been regularly writing poetry for the last twenty years. My work explores the grief of having to fit in when you don't belong. I am interested in minute interactions, the magic of the everyday, peripheries and otherness. In 2023, I completed an MA in Creative Writing which has helped me to get better at submitting writing rather than hoarding it shamefully in a folder on my laptop. 

My stories

Gold cherry

Selkie

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Cherry

Valentine’s Day

Can I kiss you? He asks in the darkening car park By the puddles of oil-covered rain I rewound to the bench in the square To the way his eyes didn’t...
Gold cherry

Tidy

Back then The house was neat Ordered according to moods Deciphered in quick looks An altered gait Pace of breath Knell of keys Toes cramped Curling...
Cherry

Jam over Toast

I spread my love like jam Over toast without butter Covering the burnt bits Rhubarb and vanilla linger You pick out the pips I jab at crumbs with a...
Cherry

I Tell Him That I Love Him

He looks everywhere but at my eyes Eventually he says That’s nice There’s a silence where I wait for him to elaborate Even the ‘care a lot about you...

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1 of my comments has received 2 Great Feedback votes

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Hi Luigi, this isn’t a repost

Posted on Fri, 17 Aug 2018

Hi Luigi, this isn’t a repost. I’m actually this chronically awful at relationships, so my work has developed a solid theme over the years! Thanks for reading my ramblings! 

Emma 

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