Enough is Enough: A Pantoum

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 →

Song of Selene

Queen of the night And sister to Sun; Selene is in flight, Her song has begun. Waning or waxing, The rabbits rejoice! Dusk is for dancing, Bewitched by her voice. She tugs at the tides And welcomes the dew; She brushes the skies With ribbons of blue. Friend of the feline, The moth, and the … Continue reading Song of Selene →

William Wordsworth: A Research and Editing Project

Do you like editing? Or Wordsworth's poetry? Well, I love editing but I've never really enjoyed Wordsworth. At least, not until this university project. I was (hypothetically) commissioned to edit the poem 'Simon Lee, The Old Huntsman' to represent Wordsworth in an anthology of Romanticism, aimed at first-year undergraduates. The brief allocated 2000 words (excluding … Continue reading William Wordsworth: A Research and Editing Project →

‘If I Were a Bird’: A Poem by Lydia

I must confess, I've always been extraordinarily dense when it comes to interpreting poetry. It was a genuine surprise, then, when this piece revealed itself! I had the first two lines rattling around for a few days (inspired by a sketch that I did - I'll upload it tomorrow so check back here then!) but … Continue reading ‘If I Were a Bird’: A Poem by Lydia →