On the Road Again

Although I have been playing hide and seek with my presence on social media, particularly over the past year and a half, I have also been working steadily over the past three years toward having a collection of poetry published. Poetry has been my place of solace for a long time. I sit in it,

Keeping My Hands to Myself

All I think about is how much I want you to survive. When you were fourteen, I told you: You can be anything you want to be, just don’t be a statistic I told you: “We live on the wrong side of town and I know, they know Your name not because they want to

Finding Home

I’m in the midst of a seismic change in my life and it has thrown me for a loop! Between figuring out how to be independent but still connected enough to the people that matter to me so that I am not totally isolated, it’s a balancing act. But a new year deserves a new

‘A Lending, Not a Giving’ Finds a Home!

Hey poetical friends! This is a brief little note to share some exciting news! I’m thrilled to say that one of my poems has been chosen by bath magg for their first issue! bath magg is an online poetry magazine that is looking to promote new voices in poetry and celebrate the many established poets

HAPPY NEW MONTH, WORD LOVERS!

Hello and happy new month, friends! The start of this month has been better. I’m a little less overwhelmed (even a little goes a long way), one of my favourite poets has released a full length novel — AND I HAVE IT!– and it’s that one sunny week we get in England so really, I