Photograph by Mariana Blue. Edited in PhotoShop by Lydia Ruth Martin. My bruised and broken boundaries, A hopeful heart not hoping now. You're oppressive and it scares me: My life is mine so take your bow. A hopeful heart not hoping now: Shining shame placates my smile. My life is mine so take your bow; … Continue reading Enough is Enough: A Pantoum
The final story in the trilogy is an eye-witness account of a significant event in the history of motorsports. While racing (and sports in general!) is not usually one of my interests, my dad's impressive memory for detail brought the story to life, the ending of which stayed with me for some time. As with … Continue reading Stories in Isolation: The 82nd Hairpin
The second story in the trilogy I am sharing has a much darker ending than the previous one. Regardless, it provided a figurative escape during a terrible time, especially as my friend is a very animated storyteller. Like the first story, I have injected some creative flair, although little was needed! The events depicted are … Continue reading Stories in Isolation: Rogue
In March 2020, my partner, Stephen, became seriously ill with Covid. We shut ourselves off from the world and each other, only opening our respective doors for food and medicine. Four miserable months later, we emerged with a host of physical and mental health difficulties in tow. My memory of those sixteen weeks in isolation … Continue reading Stories in Isolation: The Great Chicken Heist of ’67
A snapshot of a Tuesday morning in Plymouth (UK) in 1941. Elizabeth's recollections are stitched together with reams of fear, but a moment of calm between a storm of moments has given her time to reflect on the terrifying events of the night before. Despite her fear, or perhaps because of it, she still has … Continue reading In the Eye of the Storm
A toddler waves his chubby fists at the English Channel like a tiny fisherman’s wife while his mum sits neatly on a craggy chunk of granite, electric blue tassels swaying cheerfully from her ears. Behind the tassels, a girl with hair that glows like the moribund embers of a forest fire picks her way across … Continue reading L’appel du Vide
Welcome to my portfolio! I am a freelance writer and artist studying MA English Literature at the University of Plymouth. My studies have initiated a love affair with books by authors like Herman Melville, while H. G. Wells and John Wyndham inspired the idea for my apocalyptic narrative. I lose myself in nature as well … Continue reading About Me
Lydia Ruth 