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Summer Storms
It rained all summer, but nobody else saw storms. I drowned a little. Drowned in dejection, my own storms of solitude. Early morning rain. Late night, was the same. I’m hopeful, sun might return, but who really knows? Bright beaches, lost, lights out. My lighthouse, losing the will. I want to sparkle.
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Diverse Verse – Today – 2PM GMT
Hola amigos, Diverse Verse will be returning with a special International Women’s Day Show, airing today Soho Radio’s NYC+Culture Channel, from 2PM GMT. Soho Radio You can also catch a Spotify exclusive extended version, available as a podcast, at 3PM GMT. Besos, J x
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I Am A Woman and I Have Shit To Do
I think I remember the first time I noticed I was a woman. I was seven, and a man’s eyes lingered too long… On what? I’m not so sure, because I was so small, so bereft of something to stare at, plain, unchanged from the flesh flower my mother had given to the world, not…
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Diverse Verse – International Women’s Day Special
Hola amigos, Diverse Verse will be returning with a special International Women’s Day Show, airing on Soho Radio’s NYC+Culture Channel, from 2PM GMT on Tuesday March 9th. Soho Radio You can also catch a Spotify exclusive extended version, available as a podcast, at 3PM GMT on Tuesday March 9th. Besos, J x
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Getting All Mixed Up While Filling In The Census Form
It’s that time again. Time to break my arms and legs, let myself fit neatly and uncomfortably into the ethnicity box on a form. For many years, I’ve ummed and ahhed about how all the stars in the sky that fell down and created my human form can be categorised. Brown eyes that have been…