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November 28, 2017

A Letter To My Fifteen Year Old Self

Hey, It’s me, or rather, you, from the future. Put down the star trek fan fiction, we need to talk. I have good news and bad news. The good news is, you having fuller lips won’t be as bad as you think. Sure, you get made fun of it for now, but in about ten…

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November 8, 2017

Council Estate Girl

I was born, and sped to work, in a British society, not quite high society, council estate girl, lost in the trees, staring up at stars, and making plans, in crayon. I worked on my grammar, to get into grammar, but my grandma always told me, it was better to shine in the safety of…

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October 16, 2017

The Game

Fifteen. Nervous, naive, knee length skirt. At a desk, next to a boy I’d spoken to, maybe once or twice. Then he is joined, by a friend I’ve never met, and they engage, in a game, he normally saves, for just before bed. I try to look away, but he tells me to look. They…

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October 10, 2017

How I wrote “Depression Is Not Real?” from Home Wrecker

Today is World Mental Health Day, and so I decided to give you a little insight into how I created one of the most personal poems in my latest book, “Depression Is Not Real?” from Home Wrecker. Firstly, I had to acknowledge that depression is in fact real. It isn’t that I had doubted that,…

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January 16, 2017

My 2017 Goals

Hola Amigos! 2017 is here! 2016 was a trek of a year, and quote difficult to get through in parts, but it is now time to look towards 2017, with careful optimism. My goals for 2017 are: Sleep More I adore sleeping. If I could list it in the hobbies section of my CV, I…

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A Letter To My Fifteen Year Old Self

Council Estate Girl

The Game

How I wrote “Depression Is Not Real?” from Home Wrecker

My 2017 Goals