For this week’s post, I’ve decided to highlight a poem that was previously available in TUGZ Magazine but unfortunately isn’t accessible at the moment. Nevertheless, I’ve got it here for you today and it’s suitably based around LGBT+ themes, particularly trans romance, for Pride Month. I hope you enjoy!
Category Archives: Poetry
Two Thieves, A Little Help & Guilty Of A Lie – On Gentle Wings Excerpt
Exciting news – On Gentle Wings will be releasing very soon! I’m aiming to have the ebook out during this week and the physical copy will be following shortly. You can check out my Instagram or Facebook page to keep up to date with the exact day of release, or sign up to my newsletter on my home page to get an email when the collection is published! For now, here are three poems I’ve picked from the manuscript to share with you today – I really hope you enjoy them!
Home-Hopping Moth
If you haven’t already checked out the free ebook copy of Cats Home, then now is absolutely the time to do so! I’d love to hear some feedback so any honest reviews would also be greatly appreciated, and the print copy will be coming soon! But for this week, I also have a poem for you about a confused little moth, so I hope you enjoy this too!
Haunting Of Dust
Before we get into the poem this week, I have an announcement which I alluded to last week. My big news is that Cats Home is going to be released on the 15th September – yes, tomorrow! This is the release date for the ebook, which will be available at some point tomorrow to read (for free, as ever) and also the date on which I will upload the print book for publication. The print book versions always take a little more time than the ebook versions, so I hope you won’t mind the wait. But anyway, with that out of the way, please enjoy this little poem about memory and dust.
Their Little Thoughts
This is a short poem that was previously published by Morning Fruit Magazine, but as the website for the magazine is no longer available I thought I would highlight it on my blog instead. Also, make sure you look out for next week’s blog post for some exciting updates about Cats Home!
Arms
This week, I’ve got a nice little poem about feeling safe in someone’s arms for you. Don’t forget to check out Commute if you’d like to read more of my poetry!
Reflections
This week, I’ve got a short little poem for you on, unsurprisingly, the topic of ‘reflections’. It’s one of those where I’ve used the actual, physical idea of a reflection along with the more metaphorical/mental interpretation as well, which is always fun. If you like this sort of poetry, feel free to check out my new poetry book Commute (available as a free ebook and in print!).
A Pastel Love Note
This is just a soft little poem that I’d like to share this week. I’ve been posting a lot of Commute content recently – check it out on this page if you haven’t already – but sometimes it’s nice to just write pretty words and let them become a poem, because poetry can be so beautiful. Anyway, without further ado, here is A Pastel Love Note.
Irony (666)
I’ve got a bit of a funny poem from Commute for you today, regarding the unfortunate numbering choice for a catholic college’s bus. Also, I’ve been really happy with how many people have downloaded a copy of Commute already, so please feel free to grab your free copy!
Roundabout (EL1)
Here’s another poem from my upcoming collection, Commute! Make sure you sign up to my newsletter to get a copy in your inbox when it releases on July 1st. But, for now, you can enjoy this poem from the collection inspired by one of the buses at my university!
Oskar Leonard 