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Writing Tips from So Long As You Write
Did you make a resolution to write more this year? So Long As You Write, edited by Kerry Ryan, is brimming with inspiration and tips on putting pen to paper. We share some of her advice. Read More
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Don’t Let Them Get High Off Your Narcissistic Supply: Rule #1 Do Not Offer Yourself Up as the Scapegoat
By Riley Forsythe
Don’t Get High off Your Narcissistic Supply is a series of poems that offer up nurturing advice to anyone who, like an awkward newborn giraffe stumbles to find their footing on sturdy ground, has newly awakened to realise they have been the victim of narcissistic abuse. The series aims to gently support with wry humour and inner child healing suggestions. Read More
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Life Lessons
By Rebecca Wayman
Life Lessons looks at profound but often mundane moments in a person's life that are both learning curves and make up the building blocks of who they are. Read More
2 weeks ago
The Lost Things
By Bonnie Radcliffe
Bonnie Radcliffe's beautifully crafted short story explores the wisdom of knowing ourselves and what it means to lose that. Read More
1 month ago
You’ll Always Have a Story
By Laura Schuller
Laura Schuller explores the necessity of telling yourself stories in order to live. Read More
4 months ago
Orange-ringed
By Zoe Turner
Zoe Turner explores objects and the way we curate moments for ourselves every day, as well as how our emotional lives are reflected by our physical spaces. Read More
5 months ago
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
1 year 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
1 year 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
1 year ago
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