Only big boys are allowed to do that. The trick is not to look down but straight ahead, as if one were riding a bicycle hands-free. Big...

When I’m anxious, my mum tells me to lie down and let each stressful thought pass by me like a boat. Deal with them later, she says. I’m...

Once, I collected foxglove and lobelia. I still find them pressed between the words of Austen and Wilde. I took them as keepsakes, my...

The moon has risen 30 degrees in the pitch black sky. The orange and yellow lights twinkle above the bountiful hills, though they are not...

I looked through The gardening section Of the shop And saw a bottle With ‘ANT KILLER’ On it In big movie title letters As if That Was...

Summer’s warmth begins to end Bringing autumn’s golden hue Gentle shade and breeze anew Ember leaves softly descend Sweet hands concoct...

But when you emerge from darkness, I am still submerged Facing the endless void of something unheard, For that which I fear is the...

On Sunday morning Black coffee, marmite, weed: No wonder they feel weird. But they need to digest, every waking hour, Empty mouths must...

Rollerblades and a belly / your technicolour tongue you mispronounce things, cling to the wrong parts of words and people, probably, too...

For reasons I don’t understand yet I’m making out with you Tastelessly Without desire At this party. You must be so ugly Your sweat...

I woke up as my favorite porcelain mug. I made myself into a cup of coffee, and accidentally bumped my body into a shattered mess.

I was prancing around in the garden with ballet slippers & broken ankles to show you how good I could be even when hurt by your...

Hoist the rope Unfurl the sails With compass and chart Orders prevail Do as you must – Drop anchor with might, Stand atop the seven seas,...

Sickness spread through her long before the signs appeared. Mutating cells travelling upstream like fish, gills sucking out all the...

She doesn’t know that your door eludes the prying grasp, bound shut from the inside. You save face above all else, so in balance, she...

we’re scrappers    hunting    in bins and mouths    we spin on the tilted earth    unbalanced and our faces bare    my friends beside me,...

They cut it off, but it kept growing back. Like a stubborn hair plucked from your chin that reappears each week. The first time hurt. I...

Afterwards we didn't say anything, she just stroked the hair on my chest while I stroked the back of her neck. Slipping in and out of...

Hey, you It must be the most personal phrase of endearment So simple and unimaginative No nickname, no play on words Yet it carries a...

I waited aimlessly at the station, Smoke spilling out of my lungs, Coating the air with my tar-tainted breath. I saw someone that looked...