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BOOK 2 HAS FOUND A HOME...
While I have continued to write, speak and explore my words, I have found my way back to other forms of art that are immensely important to me, inspire me, and help me find clarity as I continue to write and share. And it is in gratitude and grace that I can now share that they will find their way onto the page in my 2nd book thanks to @dragonflypublishingau where I remain a full contract…
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2000 Followers on Instagram
I have just passed 2000 followers on Instagram! Thank you SO much. Feeling very humbled and hope my words help you and heal you.Last year, my poem “Haunting” received the most likes and shares, so I thought I would share it again for new followers who might have missed it.Thank you for being here.
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I haven't made it along to many open mics this year, but I have still been writing, and am honoured to have some of my work included in these 4 publications.
Hoping to get along to more open mics in the second half of this year, and maybe even do some interstate feature spots too, so if anyone is looking for a spoken word feature in the mental health space, hit me up! 🙏
Soul Refraction Reviews
I was on Goodreads earlier tonight, and was honoured to find a number of reviews of my debut poetry collection, Soul Refraction.As an author and spoken word poet, it’s a privilege to see how much my words help and heal, and I am very thankful for everyone who has taken the time to not only read my book, but also leave a review.As I embark on publishing book two with Dragonfly Publishing, I am…
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I was on Goodreads earlier tonight, and was honoured to find a number of reviews of my debut poetry collection, Soul Refraction.
As an author and spoken word poet, it's a privilege to see how much my words help and heal, and I am very thankful for everyone who has taken the time to not only read my book, but also leave a review.
As I embark on publishing book two with Dragonfly Publishing, I am humbled to see the positive impact book one has had on the world. So if you have been touched by Soul Refraction, I would be truly honoured and grateful to hear from you, or have you leave a review on Amazon and / or Goodreads. Because your words , and the things that help you and heal you, matter. And they help others too.
Mental Health Awareness Month - May 31 prompt thanks to @elenaspoetry on Instagram.
Instructions for a protected heart.
1. Handle with care, for despite the protected heart
already being shattered, one more broken piece
might be all it takes to destroy it once and for all.
2. Do not lose the key, for you hold the master,
and there can be, is, only one. So do not take
your privilege for granted; hold it tight, keep it safe.
3. While there are many pieces to judge, instead
search for the peace it provides, for few have
dared to venture inside, understand how healing truly feels.
4. Guide it on a path of self-compassion, forgiveness.
Help it to know that it's safe; that past hurt and pain
impede good things from coming. Teach it gratitude in grace.
5. Nurture it like it’s your own, for if it’s shared with you,
it is, in the nature of that action, yours. So please
protect it, cherish it and hold it close; two hearts beating as one.
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Thank you for reading my words. I hope they help and heal you as much as they do, me
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Mental Health Awareness Month - May 30 prompt thanks to @elenaspoetry on Instagram.
Reflection
The silent screams render me deaf, not broken,
my eyes continuously searching leave my head throbbing.
the repeated attached, while jarring and scarring,
do not render me physically hurt;
just a little sore…
The unsubstantiated character assassination
says more about their character than it does me.
Even though they take a part of me when they leave,
I am not rendered mentally hurt;
just a little sore…
So be kind to yourself when your emotions
make you question if you deserve kindness.
Stand in empathy, authenticity, vulnerability,
because that is where we're seen, heard, understood;
that is where our power is truly found.
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Thank you for reading my words. I hope they help and heal you as much as they do, me
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Mental Health Awareness Month - May 29 prompt thanks to @elenaspoetry on Instagram.
As skies bleed in crimson hues,
silence settles like a bruise
as the stars begin to bloom,
the ground exhaling into the night.
Night that arrives carrying old dreams
leaving my soul whispering your name.
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Thank you for reading my words. I hope they help and heal you as much as they do, me
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Mental Health Awareness Month - May 28 prompt thanks to @elenaspoetry on Instagram.
Ember
My heart, my soul, is like an ember.
Always glowing, even when I feel like
the fire has died...
A place where comfort survives the cold,
with a lingering warmth that feels like home;
a warm belonging...
Belonging that burns softly within me,
within you; the gentle warmth and glow
of true connection...
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Thank you for reading my words. I hope they help and heal you as much as they do, me
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Mental Health Awareness Month - May 27 prompt thanks to @elenaspoetry on Instagram.
Temptation At Our Fingertips
Temptation lies at our fingertips…
A hundred distractions begging to be touched
at the convenience of what we hold in our palms.
Calling bluff as we mistake indulgence for freedom
while all meaning slips through our fingers.
Fulfillment remaining tantalisingly out of reach
when loneliness is only ever a screen away.
Impulse outrunning reflection in a handheld
paradise designed to exploit our weaknesses.
Our patience dying quietly behind hard glass
until impulse can no longer outrun reflection.
See temptation lies at our fingertips…
Yet it never stops us seeking something pure.
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Thank you for reading my words. I hope they help and heal you as much as they do, me
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Feeling truly honoured and grateful to have a poem in the These Poems Kill Fascists (a “Like A Blot From The Blue” Anthology) thanks to Fin Hall.
Featuring poets from all over the world, my poem “Wake Up” appears on page 23 of this anthology. It’s a privilege to be a part of it.
These Poems Kill Fascists Anthology
Feeling truly honoured and grateful to have a poem in the These Poems Kill Fascists (a “Like A Blot From The Blue” Anthology) thanks to Fin Hall. Featuring poets from all over the world, my poem “Wake Up” appears on page 23 of this anthology. It’s a privilege to be a part of it.
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Mental Health Awareness Month - May 26 prompt thanks to @elenaspoetry on Instagram.
Freedom is Anarchy
Freedom flirts with anarchy
Recognition of order…
Exclusion of order…
Expectations laid to rest in
Disorder and disruptions where
Order is needed for harmony
Method required to stop madness.
Insurrection makes way for
Systems, calm, peace. Because
Anarchy is freedom without restraint
Nihilism breeding scepticism
Authoritarianism laid to bare
Refusal to comply, showing
Creativity and power in uniqueness
Helping others amid shared perspectives
Yet expressing individuality in solidarity
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Thank you for reading my words. I hope they help and heal you as much as they do, me
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Mental Health Awareness Month - May 25 prompt thanks to @elenaspoetry on Instagram.
Anxiety
Anxiety… It whispers to me in futures
that haven’t arrived; may never arrive!
It says prepare…
Ready yourself for the future event.
It says predict…
Estimate the impact of the future event.
It says protect…
Keep yourself safe from future injury, loss.
And herein lies the worry, apprehension,
tension, fear and angst; anxieties heaviness.
The weight of tragedies you may never experience,
yet you rehearse like a fire drill for your heart and soul.
So why do you dwell on an unrealised future?
Reside in the weight of things that may never be,
instead of living in the present moment?
The here and now that is asking to be lived.
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Thank you for reading my words. I hope they help and heal you as much as they do, me
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Mental Health Awareness Month - May 24 prompt thanks to @elenaspoetry on Instagram.
Where Is My Mind (list poem)
1 – The name of a song by a band I have liked for many years.
2 – Lost in the music that has connected with me deeply.
3 – Lost in the lyrics that give the music deep meaning.
4 – Mind connected with words, connected with heart and soul.
5 – The words I write and share in authenticity and vulnerability.
6 – The words I share to help others feel seen, heard, understood.
7 – The power found in authentic and vulnerable words and music.
8 – Positive even in negative; moving forward, finding light in the dark.
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Thank you for reading my words. I hope they help and heal you as much as they do, me
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Mental Health Awareness Month - May 23 prompt thanks to @elenaspoetry on Instagram.
I have never seen eyes further from childhood
than those that learnt far to early how to survive.
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Thank you for reading my words. I hope they help and heal you as much as they do, me
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Irene's Window Magazine
Irene’s Window – Art & Soul Magazine (Issue 1)…It was an honour and privilege to be invited to be a feature contributor to the first issue of this magazine put together by Sally Newman (Firstline Productions @firstlineproductions_ ). Grateful to be included in this truly heartfelt and soulful publication. Irene’s Window was born from a simple, heart felt mission: to help others feel less alone…
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