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Cats Home Excerpt

I’ve got plans to release Cats Home and finish off the Cats Collection at the start of next month, so why not start preparing now by showing you the first chapter – subject to potential change before publication – today? If you want to get caught up on the series, you can look at CatsContinue reading “Cats Home Excerpt”

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!

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!

Commute Horror Show (320)

So, this is both a blog post with a poem and also a blog post with an announcement. If you head over to my Upcoming Releases page, you might notice that there is a new book on the horizon – a poetry collection called Commute! This is something that I’ve wanted to put together for a while and I’m really happy to say that it has been progressing really well (and I’ve fallen in love with the cover), so here is a poem from that collection!

Shadow Talk

Just a little poem inspired by the darker hours of the night and anxious thoughts today. I hope you enjoy it and, if you do, consider checking out Aleatory Poetry for some poems with similar vibes and inspirations.

Freelancer

This is a poem that I wrote for TUGZ Magazine as a part of my senior creative writer role, so I’m excited to share it with you today! Freelancer, as you might’ve guessed from the title, covers the more negative, frantic and frankly stressed side of working in a freelance position, considering both the effects of the work itself and the stigma or prejudices around it.

Cicerone Extract

So… hey! It’s been a while. Not going to lie, I’ve been super busy with my work, university and also writing for various projects, so I’m just happy to be able to have the time to sit down and write this blog post for you. It’s going to be a fun little excerpt from my upcoming fantasy novella, Cicerone–a little darkness, a little mystery and a whole lot of fun (or is fun the wrong word? Haha). You can expect this release to come within this month, so stay tuned for more news! For now, I hope you enjoy this little snippet.

Life’s Stage

Fun fact – this poem was inspired by a time when I went to watch a play, which you will probably be able to tell by reading it. But anyway, I hope you enjoy the poem!

Fields

Keeping with the Wigan Pride theme from the week before last, I’m going to showcase a poem which has certainly been one of my most successful. It came first place in TYWI’s Pride competition in the poetry category, and it’s going to be featured in the digital Wigan Pride 2021 content (although it was recorded in 2020, so I look… quite different!) as well as being published in a couple of other places (such as in Our Paused World!), so let’s add to the list and highlight it here as well!