This poem explores the difficulty of articulating and explaining yourself to other people. It is about loneliness, identity, and the struggle to find a language that can accurately express your experiences and emotions. It was born from a lifetime of trying to forge friendships and connect with others in a way that felt authentically true to myself, while still maintaining the illusion that any one person can be understood or summed up with the right combination of words.

True to its title, this poem was inspired by a particularly horrible nightmare and the experience of coming back to consciousness from it. I wanted to capture the way nightmares can feel as though they are physically haunting your body, even after you’ve woken up to find none of it was real.

This poem explores the abstract and multifaceted feelings that accompany the discovery of self-identity and coming to terms with the many contradictions of the human experience.

A prose poem I wrote after a break-up and wanted to connect with my 'witchy’ side. It explores feelings of loneliness, spiraling madness and the negative side of being too independent.

This poem is about the haunting beauty behind the female humpback whale (also known as ‘Sweet Girl’) who met a tragic end. It was inspired by the photograph taken by Rachel Moore in 2024.

This poem charts a journey from surviving for a future self to living for the wounded teenager within. It challenges the myth of linear healing, arguing instead that recovery is a complicated, non-linear process of ‘tremors.’

This poem explores the importance of practising gratitude by reflecting on and appreciating the beauty we see all around us.