throw flames like a girl. I lovedย The Princess Saves Herself In This Oneย and I have to say that I completely, with my entire heart, adoredย The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One.ย Amanda Lovelace is one of my favourite poets, purely because of the power of her writing. Her work is not a gentle touch to the [...]
Tag: poem
implicit sexism;
implicit sexism: a river of denial, painting your son golden. your daughter black with burden. when will we stop? when will we stop confining children to ridiculous notions of what is masculine and what is feminine? (itโs not manly to vacuum the house. you shouldnโt have to do the cooking, you're the man. donโt [...]
wildfire: come closer, i dare you
come closer. don't be scared. i'm not going to lie though, i do bite. & there is nothing i love more than blood dripping from my petal-soft lips. - you crave it, our mystique, our bodies to warm your sheets. i rage, you know. a storm - you smell the sulphur i [...]
she comes in waves
she comes in waves. there's never a warning, it's always a surprise. unable to breathe left wanting, in need of air - gasping. tired eyes clenched tight - it'll pass soon. in the meantime, i'm left drowning, waiting. like someone sitting on my chest a heaviness i can't catch my breath. it's a dizziness, a [...]
they live in fear of her
they live in fear of her. she brings death, they claim. she loves misery, they say. she's withย him, they chant. she's lonely, she whispers to herself. she doesn't work for the devil but they fear that which they don't know, theyย fear herย because she isย magic. a queen, a sorceress of unimaginable [...]
i don’t really understand what this is about
i don't really understand what this is about. and by this i mean life and by life i guess i mean this right now. how odd how hard we work for what? wealth? legacy? death? but we all end up in the same place - in the ground or scattered around. we [...]
this is an ode to you
this is an ode to you. you, whoย isย strength you, who remind me of my heart, (that i'm a sister) you, who looks up to me you, who i look up to trust me baby brother it will pass love it fickle (don't we know) but it's grasp lingers (don't we know) fingernails clawing at the [...]
family secrets
he was a demon preying on the weak the vulnerable; his own daughter. a soul-sucking shtriga creeping into her room touching her hurting her forcing himself on her his wife an accomplice a bystander, nothing but a supervisor guardingย his honour. she grew up though as he grew older ageingย in such a way outsiders knew of [...]
when the numbness is so great
i have to stop myself sometimes, when the numbness is so great, when it becomes an overwhelming force growing from the seed of nothingness. (a tidal wave of an anger so powerful i scare myself). those moments i forget - i just burn burn Burn. an undeniable need to unleash the monster within. [...]
driving up the Hume freeway
moments like this remind me why i am alive. witnessing the countryside pass us by as we're driving up the Hume freeway; a family of cows a team of horses. the majesty of the Australian landscape, the sudden awareness of its unyielding nature, is incandescent. we seem so minuscule when confronted with [...]
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