He sits among the tiny faces with tumbledown socks and a cherry nose. He’s autistic, a word that flaps around his ears like crickets in rooms with yawning walls and stiff chairs. Today he sits on the blue square selected by his teacher and wriggles on it like a chick emerging from its egg. HisContinue reading “Spaces”
Category Archives: poetry
In Defence of Karen
An alternative view of a stereotype.
Amnesia
A poem about trauma related dissociative amnesia.
My Little Fox
Toby.
Vanillanelle
An ordinary villanelle for an extraordinary friend.
Wait for Me
A poem about parenting with C-PTSD
Where the Mad One Howls
A poem about therapy.
This is Where I Started
A poem about childhood trauma.
Learning to Trust
A poem about therapy.
How to Survive as a Mental Patient
A poem about mental health.
Sarcastic Fringehead 