I wanted to share the news that I've recently compiled a chapbook of my poems, and had them printed! It's not my first time having produced a book (without going via the publising route), as last year, I was Managing Director of a company called 'Firefly', and printed a glow-in-the-dark children's book tackling mental health… Continue reading Extra Strong
Tag: Gender
Monster
I fear the things that could kill a man. The things that want to slit you, from tongue to toe. The devils that leave only rubble and gold, and the ember-eyed devils that you know. I fear the things that like to see you bleed - the things that turn men into monsters. The ones… Continue reading Monster
Chlorophyll Casanova
"Look who's coming! My Rosenkavalier! Bow to me first... now present them! Ahhh-- Merciiii!" ~ Blanche DuBois, 'A Streetcar Named Desire' by Tennessee Williams Your first bouquet: red roses, orchids, hyacinthlilyjasmine clinging together, bursting forth; fountain of Spring breaking through Winter, desperate, yearning gasping for its old perfume, romance in-carnation Youth, trembling, crying out for release,… Continue reading Chlorophyll Casanova