Tag: chronic illness
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Round Up: Not Drowning, But Waving
The world has turned and I am still finding a balance. The world has turned. I am finding a balance. The world has turned, and I’m not sure what balance is. It has been a long year since I last updated here, I am notoriously terrible for keeping this up. Things happen in avalanche, and…
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body talks: just a quick note to say, I am not quite doing okay
Hello lovelies, I’m sorry I’ve been so distant lately, I’ve not been doing too well. I would have written something sooner but really, there are only so many ways one person can say I am sick again. So, I am sick again. Two hours into Monday morning my boss sent my home from work. I…
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Round Up: The Agony and the Ecstasy (+ In Print: Nosebleed Club & Closet Cases)
Hello, my loves. It’s been a while. I can only apologise. There has been a lot going on irl these last few months – my chronic illness worsened, I went on dates, I got some rejections and a fair few acceptance letters, I lost my phone (which is why last month’s tarot poems got scrapped…
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In Print: The Isolation of Recovery (The Tired Girl Society)
Darlings, it’s raining hard in the middle of June and the grey outside is infectious. As Anne Sexton once said: It is June. I am tired of being brave. This week has been something of a struggle, even if I’m typing this on a Wednesday afternoon. I feel as though I’ve been losing grip of…
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Body Talks: There's Nothing Poetic About Needles in the Back of Your Skull
I too am sick of the body. I too am sick of being a body, am sick of being sick about my body, – Meghan Dunn, from “Response, Years Later, to Two Male Poets I Overheard Discussing How Sick They Were of Women’s Poems about the Body,” published in MUSE/A The moment I got the…
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