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More Published Poetry

These are single poems that I have had published. You can find more of my published works:

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Image by Jen Hughes

Inspired by a modern art piece in Wellington that I didn't understand.

Published in Idle Ink (April 2017)

Holding Hands

Image from Wix

I wrote this short poem for my boyfriend when I realised I wanted to settle down with him.

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Published by Quail's Bell (October 2021)

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A poem about my agoraphobia during COVID.

Published in Sapphic Writer's Zine Issue #2 (~Spring/Summer 2020)

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Image by Sophie McNicol

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A fraught yet defensive love poem.


CW: gory imagery


Published in Minus Paper (August 2016)

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Image by Robyn Watt

My part in a collaborative piece 'Why I Write' as part of a spoken word collaboration project at Toonspeak in February 2018. Also a part of Keep On Spinning chapbook.

 

Archived on my website (March 2018)

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Image by Sophie McNicol

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Braces are the worst, am I right?

 

Archived from Oletangy Review (Winter 2016)

Image by Ian Schneider

Image from Wix

 

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Sea life puns ahoy! An apology of sorts to the first guy I dated through Plenty of Fish.

Published in Quail's Bell (October 2021)

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Image from NASA on Unsplash

 

A short poem about the Mars Rovers. Also part of Keep On Spinning chapbook.

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Published in Headstuff (February 2021)

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Image by Sophie McNicol

 

I wrote this poem for my mother when I was first starting as a performance poet in my late teens.

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Published in Idle Ink (August 2017)

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Image by Dazz Draws

 

A Mouse's response to Tae A Mouse by Robert Burns. My first poem in Scots.

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Published in Ogilvie Review (September 2017)

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Image by George Avill

 

An address to an ex who made me feel exploited. My first prose poem.

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Archived from Inventives Magazine (~2018)

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Valuables

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Image by Robyn Watt

 

A poem about the (un)importance of my possessions.

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Published in Ariel Chart (September 2017)

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