My Mother Fights a Gentle Breeze and Loses
By Alexandra Burton
Alexandra Burton's visceral poem delves into the pain we inherit from those who raise us. Read More
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All The Things You Left Behind
By Zena Spiers
Zena Spiers looks at inheritance through the prism of grief and what someone leaves behind. Read More
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What We Inherit
By Gerry Stewart
Tensions and silences build in a poem that examines the family traits we want to avoid inheriting, but seem bound to take on. Read More
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Defensive Earthworks
By Rebecca Cooney
A poem that looks at the inevitable behaviours and patterns we cannot help but repeat. Read More
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In Her Words
By Alice Whiting
Words taken from a collection of letters sent by the writer's grandmother capture what she left behind. Read More
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One Breath
By Jess Costello
Explore the grounding power of breath and the many tiny miracles that exist in existing. Read More
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Our Time Entangled
By Anna Kerr
An imagining of idealised love – safe, soft and sun-kissed. Read More
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My Therapist Asks Me How My Week’s Been
By Scarlett Ward
Scarlett Ward's poem explores the necessity of retreating, specifically as a woman. TW: assault Read More
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Everything We Lost
By Naomi Wood
Naomi Wood reflects on all the ways we are encouraged to retreat, and how we persist, regardless. Read More
2 years ago
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