Around the words in 366 days: writing every day of 2016
Links to all my pieces on medium
My goal for 2016 was to write something, even if a very small something, every single day of the year.
You can find my bio here.
Here are links to my pieces, which I will update regularly:
Day 366: The end of the beginning: a short story
Day 365b: A seat at the table
Day 365a: Medium: a haiku
Day 364: On average I’ve read only one-two books per year for close to a decade
Day 363: Wealth: a haiku
Day 362b: Jaded: a haiku
Day 362a: If I were my friend, and what I would say to her
Day 361: You have been loved: a haiku
Day 360: Christ child
Day 359: Presently
Day 358: Holiday yayyy: a haiku
Day 357: Why accessible and easily understandable science communication is so important
Day 356: Rudolph: a haiku
Day 355b: Malice in Asunderland: a haiku
Day 355a: The quest for normalcy: a haiku
Day 354: Mean girls: a haiku
Day 353: Arrival
Day 352: Oliver Twist
Day 351b: The Approved vs The Fallen
Day 351a: Warrior Woman: a haiku
Day 350: 37 things I’ve realised in one of the worst years of my life
Day 349: Let me tell you how to find yourself
Day 348: lost
Day 347: Reflections
Day 346: Maintaining friendships: a haiku
Day 345: Prophecy: a haiku
Day 344: Lamentations
Day 343b: I told you so
Day 343a: Frailty
Day 342: Light at the end of the tunnel
Day 341: Online PDA for breakfast, lunch, dinner. And midnight snack: a haiku
Day 340: Dear Company X, diversify your staff!
Day 339: Do you believe you deserve happiness?
Day 338: When sorry is too late
Day 337: Rum
Day 336: Snow queen
Day 335: Gloating: a haiku
Day 334: Double standards
Day 333: Let me tell you how to hope against hope
Day 332: In continued celebration of some of the children of the rich : a haiku
Day 331: Christmas spirit
Day 330: Escapism: a haiku
Day 329: Let me tell you how to fall in love
Day 328: Beverage: a haiku in three parts
Day 327b: Some people murmur: ‘well how come suddenly EVERYONE is dealing with mental illness?!’
Day 327a: Let me tell you how to catch fire
Day 326: There is nothing worse than competing with someone who isn’t competing with you
Day 325: Tofu: a haiku
Day 324: Let’s make music together: a haiku
Day 323: I forgot our anniversary
Day 322: Technology: a haiku
Day 321: SuperMoon
Day 320: My sisters and I made a short film for mental health awareness
Day 319: Entitlement: Bake at 175°C for 10 min until golden brown
Day 318: Xerox 2.0
Day 317: Envy is a spectrum
Day 316: sapiens
Day 315: A love letter to my daughter
Day 314: In case of emergency, break glass: a haiku in four parts
Day 313: Little star
Day 312: Single and searching: a haiku
Day 311: The waiting room
Day 310: Saturday: a haiku
Day 309: Blood on our hands
Day 308: On knowledge transfer
Day 307: I did not know
Day 306: Party in the sky
Day 305: October 31: a haiku
Day 304: Eye service
Day 303: Web: haiku
Day 302: A sad story in three words
Day 301: The measure of strength
Day 300: 300: a haiku celebrating 300 days of writing
Day 299: Quicksand
Day 298: Jos tomato: a haiku
Day 297: Candy crush: a haiku
Day 296: Nigeria and chill
Day 295: BIGLY
Day 295: The one you need: a haiku
Day 294: Oh ye of little faith
Day 293: Ashamed: a one-line poem ™
Day 292: Synonyms
Day 291: The other room: a haiku
Day 290: Fall: a haiku
Day 289: Linear regression
Day 288: Anxiety does not discriminate
Day 287: Harvest: a haiku in four parts
Day 286: Chip
Day 285: Some questions for you on #WorldMentalHealthDay
Day 284: The hide-and-seek period
Day 283: The promised land
Day 282: Green: a haiku
Day 281: I saw something that pierced my soul so I had to write about it.
Day 280: The three words that make a man brave
Day 279: Adrenaline: a haiku
Day 278: Hope
Day 277: Dear inner child: a haiku
Day 276: Great Again
Day 275: Jealousy
Day 274: True love: a haiku
Day 273: I know what you did last summer…and every day after that actually: a haiku
Day 272: Silence and the Sufferer
Day 271b: Spark: a haiku
Day 271a: butt naked
Day 270: Blank space: a haiku
Day 269: Unfettered
Day 268: Do we love ourselves?
Day 267: Writer’s bloke: a haiku
Day 266: Chasing dreams
Day 265b: Home
Day 265a: Big sister and best friend are doing something I’m so proud of!
Day 264: Excommunication
Day 263: Who will give me away?
Day 262: Carpenter
Day 261: Things that will stay with me
Day 260: on FOCUS: a haiku
Day 259: Goldfish
Day 258: Serena
Day 257: The princess and the petty
Day 256: ad infinitum
Day 255: Startled Trek
Day 254: lol : a haiku
Day 253: Heavy headed
Day 252: I want a divorce
Day 251: Memories
Day 250: Desert
Day 249: Multitasking toh badt!
Day 248: The morning after the night before
Day 247: Kasuku Petite
Day 246: Thursdays are better than Fridays
Day 245: Cup of de Lights
Day 244: Funny Gene: a haiku
Day 243: Imagine for a moment…
Day 242: In appreciation of the food the ancestors fed their skin: a haiku
Day 241: The she- and heroes of everyday life: a haiku
Day 240b: Daddy’s girl
Day 240a: Earth
Day 239: Hacking life: a haiku
Day 238: Ah! Tact
Day 237: Leopard
Day 236: The flying squirrel
Day 235: Fairy dust: a haiku
Day 234: Head space
Day 233b: War paint
Day 233a: UnLochteD
Day 232: Drowning in numbers
Day 231: Bold
Day 230: Learning curve
Day 229b: Liars and trolls with no cares…oh my!
Day 228a: Waka pass (pronounced /wækæ pæs/)
Day 227: Faith is not easy, but it never was.
Day 226: Your lane: a haiku
Day 225: Soul mates
Day 224: Amina
Day 223: Writing is my passion, mental health advocacy is my ministry
Day 222: A grateful intruder
Day 221: The creative process: a haiku
Day 220: Second chances
Day 219: The shortest distance between two points
Day 218: Crackt
Day 217: 24 hours later: a haiku
Day 216: London, I love you: a haiku
Day 215: Balance
Day 214: My friends are teaching me to be a better person.
Day 213: It is my thirtieth birthday and I cried this morning.
Day 212: Performance anxiety
Day 211: That moment in time
Day 210: Being a loud black girl.
Day 209: Plastic ambitions: a haiku
Day 208: Semantics
Day 207: #blackgirlmagic part deux: a haiku
Day 206: Vampire
Day 205: How to save the world
Day 204: Education as a privilege: a haiku
Day 203b: People pleaser: a haiku
Day 203a: Pokémon GO! Play safe folks
Day 202: Taking down my bullies one bitch at a time
Day 200: Pinocchio
Day 199: Stories that touch
Day 198b: Analogy
Day 198a: A few things I’ve noted in my three decades of life
Day 197: Chub rub: a haiku
Day 196: What being a PhD student DOESN’T mean: a short story in gifs
Day 195: A painful realization
Day 194: Love is a home
Day 193: War
Day 192: The ministry of hugs
Day 191: Confronting my ego and entitlement
Day 190b: Thank you for the silence: it is duly noted
Day 190a: Friday afternoon: a short story
Day 189: There is enough space for all of us
Day 188: This is the time to hold each other’s hands in the dark
Day 187: Faith
Day 186: Childish
Day 185: Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path
Day 184: The celebration of unremarkable things
Day 183b: What will become of us
Day 183a: Alexainie you are a star
Day 182: W(h)ine
Day 181: Travelling companions
Day 180: Caution: life happens
Day 179: We are here
Day 178: Unbound
Day 177: I’m just an outsider so what do I know OR ‘Independence’: a haiku
Day 176: Broke and broken
Day 175: Judas
Day 174: Drafts
Day 173: Maxwell, I want to write a song for you…
Day 172: The end of an era
Day 171: Warrior
Day 170: Prayers that avail much
Day 169: Deadlines: a haiku
Day 168: Remember to self-soothe
Day 167: When words fail
Day 166: Super afro: a haiku
Day 165: Skin
Day 164: Obsession
Day 163: mwah: a haiku
Day 162: Rant
Day 161: Entrancement
Day 160: Just so I can say I actually wrote today: a haiku
Day 159: Mad(ame) hatter
Day 158: Just for now
Day 157: Myopium: a very short story
Day 156: How to float like a butterfly
Day 155: I’m entitled to my lonesome
Day 154: It’s not easy being a beaver
Day 153: The blame game
Day 152: Pollyanna
Day 151: Lab rat: a haiku
Day 150: Ink
Day 149: Dear future someone, please don’t make me your everything
Day 148: Cheek to cheek: A love story of sisterhood in photographs
Day 147: Happy 70th birthday to an angel in heaven
Day 146: Hypocrisy: a haiku
Day 145: Arya’s list: a prayer
Day 144: Sorry not sorry
Day 143: Pucker up
Day 142: You matter
Day 141: Why so serious?
Day 140c: H. Nemesis Nyx, you have been on my mind
Day 140b: #MacRubyWoo: a haiku
Day 140a: Because we all need a little encouragement
Day 139: Afraid of the dark
Day 138: The lady at number 6
Day 137: I will make a novel out of you
Day 136: The mind of the unyielding
Day 135: Imogen
Day 134: Luck be a lady
Day 133: Body parts
Day 132: Why you shouldn’t stop writing
Day 131: Mistaken identity
Day 130: Free me abeg (OR: 15 unhelpful things people have said to me or people I know)
Day 129: Wilted
Day 128: A matter of timing
Day 127: What is a sister?
Day 126: One life to live
Day 125: Friends that look good on your CV
Day 124: Hystericus
Day 123: Gossip done wrong
Day 122: The fire, the fibre and the crucible
Day 121: A matter of mutual respect
Day 120b: Ladies and gentlemen, introducing…
Day 120a: In need of a spa day
Day 119: Till day break (TDB)
Day 118: Someone somewhere please sell me a bottle of zen…
Day 117: #blackgirlmagic
Day 116: A love letter to mum on her first birthday without the love of her life…
Day 115: A debate between the angel and demon on a star traveller’s shoulder…
Day 114: In Equality: a short story
Day 113: Purple Reign
Day 112: A sunny day
Day 111: Introspective
Day 110: My body is mine, and yours is yours
Day 109: The tone police are coming!
Day 108: Chewing gum boy
Day 107: For the late bloomers
Day 106: Battaglia
Day 105: What I wish I could say to you now
Day 104: Superstition
Day 103: Ripe
Day 102: The scene of the crime
Day 101: Musings of a wannabe writer/philosopher doing a PhD in Immunology
Day 100: In search of solder to mend my broken heart
Day 99: Macho man
Day 98: Metamorphosis
Day 97: GAD
Day 96: The case for crying
Day 95: Conservatory
Day 94b: On giving undue credit to the most undeserving
Day 94a: I hope I learn to dance
Day 93: Dogma: a love story
Day 92: When the dust settles
Day 91: Notice: I am not your token black friend
Day 90: Boxes
Day 89: You are no good for me
Day 88: I am not a goddess
Day 87: Tick tock: the pressure of marriage for the African single woman
Day 86: Mind the (thigh) gap
Day 85: Africa is NOT a country!
Day 84: A message from Mother Time
Day 83: What I know for sure
Day 82: Alone
Day 81: Heaven
Day 80: What my father taught me without even trying
Day 79: Resting place
Day 78: When a Knight goes home
Day 77: Gratitude
Day 76: Ostrich
Day 75: Likita
Day 74: Hematopoiesis
Day 73: Hope lives
Day 72: Green is the colour of my mourning
Day 71: A never ending story
Day 70: Black and white
Day 69: Daddy
Day 68: I am more than just my body
Day 67: A day in the park
Day 66: #SheIsBae
Day 65: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Day 64: Doxology
Day 63: PSA: A Clarification
Day 62: KA-$CHINGG
Day 61: Same difference
Day 60: #OscarSOwhite
Day 59: Teardrop
Day 58: Virtuoso
Day 57: Restless
Day 56: Petri dish
Day 55: Case of the ex
Day 54: Enantiomer
Day 53: The Foreigner
Day 52: Dreamer
Day 51: Flesh
Day 50: Marina
Day 49: Motives
Day 48: Bushy
Day 47: Science Friction
Day 46: WANTED: One time machine
Day 45: Be my valentine
Day 44: Empathy
Day 43: Talents
Day 42: To the black child with the big hair who lives inside my heart
Day 41: Double entendre
Day 40: She
Day 39: Let’s just enjoy the art
Day 38: Beyonce-inspired conjugation for the everyday person
Day 37: Count to ten
Day 36: 12am
Day 35: Never forget where you came from
Day 34: Resolute
Day 33: Haters gon’ hate
Day 32: Pilchards
Day 31: Brother
Day 30: Care package for your 30's
Day 29: Narcissus
Day 28: To the grey strand of hair on my head
Day 27: Lies by lantern
Day 26: /fuːrɑːhɑː/
Day 25: Life in technicolour
Day 24: You can sit with us
Day 23: For the lovers in the London sky garden
Day 22: Science by press release
Day 21: Xerox
Day 20: Teenage crush
Day 19: Heal thyself
Day 18: Heimlich
Day 17: Blind
Day 16: C.E.O.
Day 15: The Artist
Day 14: Art and Science
Day 13: Ijeoma
Day 12: Soap
Day 11: The sounds of silence
Day 10: Destiny
Day 9: Bad business
Day 8: Phantoms
Day 7: The famous brown man
Day 6: Labotage
Day 5: Insecurity
Day 4: The fetishization of the black female body
Day 3: Blessings upon blessings
Day 2: Happiness
Day 1: Dear writer
Day 0: A poem in a life
