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The final letter
Ten years ago, we started up a platform to provide a space for women to share their writing. Today, we’re announcing our Dear Damsels chapter has come to an end. Read More
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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
3 years ago
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
3 years ago
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
3 years ago
Defensive Earthworks
By Rebecca Cooney
A poem that looks at the inevitable behaviours and patterns we cannot help but repeat. Read More
3 years ago
The FrankenTeds
By Farzana Amehd
What's in a name? Farzana Amehd looks at the history that has been passed down in hers. Read More
3 years ago
What is Thicker than Water?
By Ava MacPherson
On a night out with the boys, a son is scared that they are turning into their father. Read More
3 years ago
Upsetting the Routine
By Claire Schön
A child's-eye view on her parents' relationship reveals the inequalities. Read More
4 years ago
Blobby, Blobby, Blobby
By Charlotte Evans
Charlotte Evans explores how her nan inspires her writing, even without her realising. Read More
4 years ago