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I have 128 stories published in 11 collections on the site.
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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

Singing

You sat next to me with practised easiness and i realised as i sang that you too were singing connected by the tune sharing lyrics, meanings I wanted...

Are you talking to me?

Are you talking to me or my tits i thought as he offered to buy me a drink But now i am washing up naked and all he can see is the sink.

I'm no angel

I'm no angel after all I have no wings or halo But at least I'm not Anne Robinson, Ann Widdecombe or J-Lo.

Promises

The end of love is very much like the end of school, full of promises to keep in touch and stay friends which you both know will never happen.

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