Purpose

I was once her.

With emotional decompressions 
and cognitive reticulations -
sifting planets to aerate 
the…

Retrospective

Old movie theatre;
it’s three in the morning.
There you are again, perched
on the steps outside
with half a pack of cigarettes 
and…

Bottle (Ekphrasis)

Artwork By Demizu Posuka, one of my favourite illustrators

Equilibrium

It was not the tide,
but my world that had turned -
planted itself on a novel axis 
amidst an unknown galaxy.
Against the bitter…

Small Talk

Compare what you know of me
with what I know of you.
Tell me more, be at ease,
please do.

Ornithology

Spring’s end, and still
we wait for Nature’s reprieve -
our starlings to return
home again.

Kinaesthetic Kinetic

On most days, I travel with 
my counterfeit joys.
My little black book, my list
of guarantees, for this flimsy wind-up…

White Roses & Centipedes

The currents have shifted this day
to pool memory and a fool’s ache;
drowning contentment’s routine.

Sunlit Pergola

The broadcast is a comfort -
Radio One, bringing brightness
with aural specks of colour 
to offset the absence
of the usual Student Union banter.

Writing by TashInTheClouds

Poetry & Non-Fiction

Poetry: