This was the first time I have ever seen Clare perform live. We have looked at her poems at poetry club in the past and I have read both of her collections – so I knew that I was going to be in for a treat. However, I couldn’t have pre-empted what I received when […]
MoreThis book has revolutionised my thinking. Seriously. I was wandering through my life thinking that I haven’t really been a victim of sexism – and then I read this book and realised that things I thought had been ‘banter’; or I’d thought I’d been oversensitive about are pretty terrible. I remember every PE lesson boys […]
MoreBefore I start this post I would just like to say that I found Yeonmi to be such an inspirational person I decided to write a poem about her journey. It is, of course, dedicated to Yeonmi but also to the millions of people under the North Korean regime. I first read Yeonmi’s book ‘In […]
MoreI left hospital after a six month stay almost exactly a year ago. I am so grateful to live in a country where I am not now fighting with my insurer, or saddled with hundreds of thousands of pounds of debt. I am so lucky to have the medications I need supplied to me. I […]
MoreThe other day my mum and I were in TK Maxx and I noticed that Joanna Basford’s ‘Lost Ocean’ postcards were vastly reduced. I decided to buy them for travelling or my hospital bag. However, when I unpacked them I found that they are probably the most intricate designs I have ever seen – very […]
MoreOver the past few weeks poets across Kendal have been preparing for the first ever Kendal Poetry Festival. It was held from the 24th to the 26th June. A few months ago I entered the competition to be the Young Poet in Residence at the festival. To be honest, I wasn’t expecting anything to come […]
More2018 Winner of the Young Poets prize in the Poem and a Pint 2018 competition for my poem ‘Grandad’. Linked here Poem featured in Tangereen Magazine run by Junior Style linked here Member of the Writing Squad. More information on the Squad here Dear Body’ Poetry pamphlet published (available from ‘shop’ in the menu bar) Acumen – […]
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