~A place to share my random thoughts, poems and snippets of writing. A collation of work in one place. Welcome to chaos ❤
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Broken Butterfly Wings
I smile with the grace of butterfly wings a gentle flutter and though the wind offers me a soft caress, I cannot help but shiver in its cool embrace baby hairs tickle my nose and forehead but I do not move them away. I watch the world spin through the clouds and so I swing… Read more
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Honours- An Ending & Beginning
It’s been some time since I have posted a thesis update- I’m not very good at keeping consistent with social media. But after having received my results on Friday, I decided it’s time to fill everyone in. Just an FYI- I got a High Distinction!! SO, WHAT IS MY THESIS ACTUALLY ABOUT? It feels nice… Read more
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Woods of Wildness and Wonder
I found an Overland article some time ago called ‘The Wildness of Girlhood’ (2019) by Bonnie Mary Liston. This article was able to capture experiences I could only dream of describing. She writes; “There is a period in many little girls’ lives, around the age of ten, where they go completely wild. Not in the… Read more
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how sad for youto have an empty heart malign, perhaps?broken and dark and burning i cannot find it in me toregret the selfishness of letting go, she is the roaringof the wind; nightmare incarnate and shedoes not yield. Read more
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poemsanddreamsandnothings
She weaved through the cosmoscoaxing starlit dreams from my headgrasping them with cold, dead fingers shebottled them up andwelcomed them into the abyss.A lulling whisper to“seize the day”and so I read all nightuntil my soul ached andi waited for the darkness to claim me consciousnessand i hoped with every stupid fibreof my being, falling fallingback… Read more
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3 Weeks, 3 Breakdowns…
(Less about my thesis, more about the experience in this one) So I have been fairly terrible at documenting how my honours journey has been going so far… I suppose since my friend Brigitte passed away I have struggled to feel connected to this project. But I am in my third week now, I am… Read more
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