Writer, researcher, music lover, cancer survivor with CMMRD ("double" Lynch syndrome)
Send me snail mail
Because I’m far too impatient.
Give me something worth waiting for,
I crave the excitement.
Send me snail mail,
I’m on the edge of my seat.
I’m waiting to be picked up
Or crushed beneath your feet.
Send me snail mail,
Any day now will do.
Tell me I’m worth the postage
And your best handwriting, too.
Send me snail mail,
I’m waiting by the door
For something to break the monotony,
A letter worth waiting for.
Extract from my first chapbook, Empowerthy. Available on Lulu.com:
Free shipping until 4th June with code JUNESHIP and a portion of profits donated to Lynch Syndrome UK.
I submitted the book to Amazon today so it should be on there in like, six to eight weeks. Trying to get the word out so if you like my poetry, please take a look at the book and tell a friend. Thank you so much for your support!
Free priority mail shipping or 50% off ground shipping on my new chapbook Empowerthy! Use code JUNESHIP http://ow.ly/NE8g1
Back in time
to a newer me,
when I was more
of what I chose to be
A cleaner slate,
a darker sky
simpler times
a more reachable high
A longer lifespan
shorter eyesight
not noticing days pass
living for the night
Now present me
turning up the track
would do anything
for a clear path back.
My first chapbook Empowerthy is now available on Lulu.com! I’m so excited and pleased with how it’s turned out. The theme is empowerment and empathy, with poems about my experience as a cancer survivor with Lynch syndrome. There are a lot of poems I hope will resonate with others, and I hope some uplifting ones too!
Part of the profits will be donated to Lynch Syndrome UK.
Here are all the details:
Hard copy on Lulu.com: http://ow.ly/NE8g1
eBook on Lulu.com (ePub format for all eReaders): http://ow.ly/NE8s8
iBookstore: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/book/empowerthy/id999818942?mt=11
Soon to be available in print on Amazon and Barnes & Noble, as well as KIndle, Kobo and Nook!
Thank you very much for your support; any reviews, comments etc are greatly appreciated!
I love how the friend I mentioned in the latest post basically answered the poem I had written in my previous post. <3
Spending the evening starting to plan my first self-published poetry collection! Exciting stuff. At the moment it looks like it’s going to be around 40 poems/pages, which is sort of a bit longer than an average chapbook and shorter than a typical collection. I think going for a chapbook length would be better, so I have some cutting down to do. This is going to be tricky.
I received an amazing message today. It might not sound quite so amazing to other people, but it has made me feel so happy and empowered and excited. I was talking to my friend about all the things I want to do – travelling, different and unusual things, spontaneous things – and this was his reply:
“You beat fucking cancer there is fuck all on this planet you can’t do!“
I hadn’t even mentioned cancer to him but he straight away tapped into why I want to do all this stuff, without me even having to say anything. He got me, and he said exactly what I needed to hear. And now I feel so empowered, and strong, and happy and excited. That’s the reason he’s my bestie. I’ve written it down and taken a screenshot so I can look at it and remember, and I hope his words never lose their effect. Just amazing. And what’s more is he believes it, and he’s made me believe it too. What a great day.
Tell me I’m amazing and strong and
how if you were me you’d be proud
because you don’t know how you
would have coped.
Tell me I’m an inspiration, because
something good has to have
come from this.
Tell me something that will
make it all worth it.
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