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I have 128 stories published in
11 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 71450 times
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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
She Tells Me That She Loves Me
I push my eyes into the corners of the room As I say That’s nice There’s a silence where I want to declare that I think of her constantly but the...
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- 109 reads
She Tells Him That She Loves Him
He looks left with dilated pupils It’s not right That’s nice Hmm There’s a space where he usually inserts the kissing emoji and hopes she’ll forget...
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- 129 reads
Non Fungible Token
Our souls have known each other since they were stardust I am of the universe You are heard; listen My hand touched yours Your eyes found mine You...
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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...
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- 118 reads
Tarot
White light flickers In the sage-scented room She draws three cards Inhales through glittery teeth Silver charms wink from her wrists Angels in dark...
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- 185 reads