Poetry
Purple Girls
‘Purple Girls’ was written in my final year of University. Inspired by the work of Ashlee Haze who’s spoken word poetry had been sampled on Blood Orange’s 2016 track ‘By Ourselves’, I wanted to articulate how the women in my life had contributed to the emotional growth I experienced in my early twenties. Purple Girls was my first published work and featured as part of a series on ‘Love’ put together by Polyester Zine in February of 2019. Since then the poem has been reimagined by filmmaker Qezz Gill in association with Bristols Watershed.
Best Read at Any Age
As a teenager I had always been conscious of the progress I was making with every year of my life. I consciously decided to go straight from my A-Levels into higher education with the aim of graduating by the time I was 21. ‘Best Ready at Any Age’ is an exploration into the pressures put on young women to achieve success by a certain age.
Selbstliebe
Self-worth has always been an absent concept in any dictionary possessed by adolescent women. Growing up it was not social convention to hold yourself in high esteem. I remember quite distinctly coming to the realisation that it was possible to not only be comfortable in my own skin but to celebrate my identity within my everyday existence. ‘Selbstliebe’ considers experiencing this revelation within a society that seeks to fuel self-deprecation.
Poem for my Mother
As titled, ‘Poem for my Mother’ was written on Mothers day 2020. The poem offers insight into the way my own mother led me to value personal achievements and self-taught skill sets over socially imposed definitions of ‘success’.
Poems from Quarentine
‘Poems From Quarantine’ is an ongoing poetry series that takes inspiration from life inside during the Covid19 crisis in the UK. ‘Female Love and the Ease of Platonic Cohabitation’ was featured on the first issue of Quaranzine, a London based publication that looks at creative responses to the Coronavirus Pandemic.
Poem 4
‘Poem 4’ was started in June of 2019, and has the feeling of an ongoing project that will later be lengthened. It’s written in the style of my favorite artist Noname who continues to be a point of reference within my writing. The last line of ‘Poem 4’ will form the title of a series of poems I hope to one day collate and publish.