winking_tiger

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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

Scream

I loved you With such darkness Drawn towards An obsidian core Absorbing emotion Like osmosis You spoke In charcoal Black words etched lightly To...
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Cherry

Vena Cava

Vena cava My heart is Coated in salty Solitary feelings Gold presides here in Soft nooks Conceiving Adoration In crescendo Pressed warm with...

Committed (part 1)

Committed I suppose I’ve always had issues with fitting in and commitment. My childhood was based on the short term - I didn’t commit to anything...

You Pull Up A Chair

You pull up a chair I ignore you And your chestnut eyes Your stance has changed Your demeanour altered Without agreement We have retreated Those eyes...

Need You

Poetry is making me sick I can’t sleep for the words slithering in my stomach In the darkness Retching on my feelings Fever blurs the ink Itchy...

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