Roses are red, white and pink shades of cheek-warmth brimming. “But, you can’t wear that-you homosexual, Stick to the bluebells, you nail...

Although conditioned to empathise, a vindictive streak interrupted him triggering the worst of his qualities. He’d wanted to create...

You began dusting your eyelids with the edge of your thumb and asked me if your liner was smudged.   With that I knew I would ruin you if...

The summer heat was stifling my skin was raining on its own  even between my breasts   rainy season fruit had all dried up I was left...

The first tadpole I had, died in two days. I was distraught. So of course I caught another one.   Called him Tad-Too-Small, A mouthful,...

1. Arise: Shake the lingering caress of sleep from your eyes and flail your limbs poetically toward the ceiling. Feel the creaking of...

one day after another, I’m getting it all together– the clatter of empties  in a bag, avoiding neighbours and the landlord  man, there's...

I will be on the 6pm news they will use my graduation photo from 2018, bronze smile, soft sides, hues in my eyes that’s how my mother...

I need to be wrapped. Tight. In the white-starched sheets Of a funeral parlour. I’ll lay Silent and still With small wet breaths....

‘The silence was heavy with eternity’ (Rose Tremain, Sacred Country) The room vibrated an empty sound, My fingers brushed the thin new...

I’m your online operator. A ‘surgeon simulator’ if you will. A single, white-gloved finger eradicating earthly ills. Specimens on my wall...

Compressed thumbs numb Tucked between Chair arms and thighs Numbed dead like The amygdala of my brain. He who pressed his groin Against...

Going back For a second chance Is not easy It’s like putting on A damp bathing suit Cold to the skin Tough to slide into Terribly...

I hardened myself Doused myself in liquid concrete Scrubbed the softness until I was raw Used sand for soap and stones for water Anything...

When I close my eyes I can go anywhere. Teleportation is real, I wouldn’t lie I swear. I shut my lids, then like magic I’m in your room,...

The thing they don’t tell you About getting your heart broken Is that it doesn’t happen just once. It happens a thousand times a day. I...

Prone to bouts of ennui that cover hours at a time, if I’m lucky. I know what I’m grieving but I won’t make a scene about it but I will...

I glanced down at the page of her book. I was a lot too drunk to read it exactly, but there were a lot of numbers. Not just numbers like...

A love where words Are declared Through moans And breathing so hard I can hear voice in it, You let obscenities slip out Like seeds from...

I erected a giant flagpole in my garden. I wanted to make a statement— nail my colours to the mast as they say. But what to say? What to...