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I have 128 stories published in 11 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 72003 times and 48 of my stories have been cherry picked.
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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

Cherry

I Want To Be

I want to be somewhere far from here From me Somewhere else Somebody different In the distance I want to cut the strings Undo the binding Shed the...

Pairs

Everybody gets into pairs “Stand by your partner” The teacher says Except for me, I carry the kit Years later, life is full of couples Hand-holders...
Cherry

November

The month began without gaps tongue to tongue We kissed through laughter Held thighs between thighs Stroked trails of tingles with soft fingers...
Cherry

2 Metres Apart

8 widths of wooden floorboard Connect us in this room Your nearness tastes sweet As heart-shaped haribo Distance closes in Your face appears Close...
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Cherry

So I Wrote A Poem

The day gravity stopped We floated for weeks Propelled by the last breaths of normality Numbness infiltrated all Everyone was tucked in tightly...

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