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A Raging Blood-Blush

This is another poem that I wrote for uni, but just a short one this week – with some attention paid to alliteration, which you’ll see in just a moment! I feel like this one has the same sort of vibes as the poems in Aleatory Poetry and perhaps Commute to an extent, so if you enjoy this one then feel free to give those a look-over too.

There Are No Bears In Ormskirk

This week’s poem is a light-hearted one that I am delighted to say was published in Active Muse’s Varsha 2024 Poetry Collection, and which I also had the opportunity to read out at Wigan Pride this past Saturday. I did want to upload the recording of that here, but it turns out I can’t add videos to these posts directly, so I’ll likely be uploading it to my X/Twitter account and then linking that to the Press page like I did for my 2022 performance.

The Feeding of Memories

Continuing the theme from the past few weeks, I’ve got another poem for you today! There’s a bit of a clear pattern with this one, which I tried to have some fun with, although ‘fun’ doesn’t feel quite right to describe a poem with this sort of tone. In any case, I hope you find this one to be an interesting read!

Honourable Nonsense

I’ve got a bit of a different poem for you this week – the text was taken from a Commons Chamber debate about the Crystal Palace in 1851, which you can read here if you’re curious. It’s been switched around and altered quite a bit, but it makes for an intriguing poem in my opinion, and I hope you think so too! This is another poem that I wrote for university, but I don’t think I’m going to submit it anywhere, so it can live here on the blog instead.

Pile of Parts

This week’s post is a poem that was featured in Pen & Quill’s first issue, and it’s one that I actually wrote for part of my final year university coursework, so I hope you enjoy it! One of the editors, Jamie Kim, called it “A captivating poem about self-destruction and rebirth” – and you can read the rest of the editor’s comment in the issue if you’re interested! This poem does contain somewhat graphic but brief descriptions of body parts, so feel free to skip this one if that doesn’t sound like the sort of thing you want to be reading right now. But if it sounds right up your street, then here is the poem for this week!

Look At A Book: The Horse Who Fell In Scorland

As it’s release day for The Horse Who Fell In Scorland, it seems only appropriate for me to return to my ‘Look At A Book’ posts for this new arrival! If you missed it last week, here’s the link to my post with the first chapter of the book, which you can read for free. You can also read the entire eBook for free on Smashwords or buy the paperback on Amazon.

The Horse Who Fell In Scorland – Chapter One

I have to say, it’s a bit of a strange feeling not releasing another Chained Soul chapter – that novel has dominated the blog since November 2023, but I’ve got another bit of fiction you might be interested in today. My fantasy novella The Horse Who Fell In Scorland is releasing next Wednesday, on the 10th of July, so I thought I’d treat you to a little sneak peek of the book with this first chapter!

Chained Soul – Part Twenty-Nine

This is the last part of Chained Soul that is going to be released on my blog, Tapas and Wattpad. There is one more part after this, but I’ve decided it’s best to save that for Chained Soul’s official ebook and paperback release, so I hope you enjoy the penultimate part of Robbie’s story! Quick warning: this series does contain strong language, so if that’s not your thing, you’re free to skip this one!