Poem idea

20:93 Tentative roots being placed with every brush stroke. There is resistance, at first, from a house already abandoned before. Backlash is harsh, the hand shakes and pauses for months and months. A large intake holds our world in place, before a defiant release shakes it awake and renews determination. The paint is thicker, theContinue reading “Poem idea”

Poem ideas

20:91 I’ll do nothing, because I can’t decide. Too many choices and they’re building up, threatening to rise and rise and expose me, for the fraud and half-assed dedication I have to my life, my ideas. I’ll choose nothing. I am nothing. 20:92 Bees though my window and floor, a route they forge ahead, evenContinue reading “Poem ideas”

Poem idea

20:90 I have two great loves. Both can never know the other, so I keep them separate, like a love affair. I’m not sure which is which. One is a passion throughout my life, sometimes all-consuming, second-to- none… Sometimes barely present, any attempts to spark fizz out and leave only frustration. The other came later,Continue reading “Poem idea”

Poetry Readings on Youtube

So, I’ve been avoiding this for weeks because I am not a confident person, but I know this is something I need to start focusing on. When I just finished uni about ten years ago I was confident enough to go to readings and open-mic nights and read my work. I was nervous, and IContinue reading “Poetry Readings on Youtube”

Poem ideas

20: 88 In cowardness and deceit ‘Till death do us part. Bare open my insides and judge them unconcerned. My emotions are transparent now, you can decide their worth: hysterical and unimportant, dismissive and wrong. In return, I’ll analyse your words, find hidden insults you didn’t even see, and focus on the insecurities and pain.Continue reading “Poem ideas”

Music to emphasise poetry

With the latest Poetry Off the Shelf podcast (where Helena De Groot is the producer) I’ve noticed they insert music into the poetry readings to either emphasise the mood, or play it for a while after the reading to help the listener mull over what they’ve just heard. Music isn’t always playing throughout the poems,Continue reading “Music to emphasise poetry”

Poem ideas

20:85 They’ve drawn on the walls, Don’t worry about it. They’ve scratched the car, Don’t worry about it. They were in the garden, Don’t worry about it. They dinted the garage, Don’t worry about it. They cracked the gate, Don’t worry about it. They smashed the window, Don’t worry about it. We’re trapped inside, Don’tContinue reading “Poem ideas”

Thoughts on Nikita Gill’s work based on fairy tales

Gill explores many themes and issues with fairy tales within her collection Fierce Fairy Tales & Other Stories to Stir Your Soul. Many of these have given me better insight for my own planned work. Her themes fell into two categories for me: ones I was looking for and expecting, and ones I hadn’t reallyContinue reading “Thoughts on Nikita Gill’s work based on fairy tales”

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