‘DESTINED’ | New Poem + Explanation

There is a reason we are here, although it all seems arbitrary some days, we all have a purpose, we all have a dream, and we are all capable of reaching it. Like a filmic epiphany I have finally reached a point where I am, without a doubt, certain that the only career I can …

Crash Course; Why You Should Strive To Learn Something New!

Currently in the midst of researching for my Playwriting MA dissertation, I'm looking into things I didn't know much about before. At the moment the core focus of my dissertation is Social Psychology and so I'm expanding my knowledge of that field. In doing so, I recently stumbled upon a YouTube channel I'd been trying …

Letting Go and Holding On – The Thin Line

First of all my plan for content on this blog is to write twice a week; Tuesday and Thursday is what I'm thinking so far, and I WILL keep to it this time. Maybe you'll even get extra ones every now and again 😉 BUT NOW onto the subject. It's an odd one and it's …

‘Less Travelled’ | New Poem + Explanation

'Happiness was alien and fragile and Death and Prison were reaching out'

It’s Midnight and My Mind Is Awake

Okay, granted it's not midnight yet as I'm writing this, it's actually currently 7 minutes to BUT the sentiment is the same. Many nights I find myself awake staring at my laptop screen and killing time, too awake to sleep and too tired to do anything huge. That midnight madness where my mind decides it's …

Lost in the Rush | New Poem + Discussion

Here's my newest poem and considering its such a brief one I also wanted to briefly talk about the subject it concerns. Lost in The Rush I would rather sit And admire the brief sun As it beetles in through the gaps, Than spend my time in the dark, Trying to get out faster, And …

Make The Last Moments Count

In the grand scheme of my BA university degree, last Thursday - Sunday represented the true 'end', leaving only graduation left. That is why we (my friends and I) wanted to make sure we had the greatest time we could so that we could leave with a bang. Starting on Thursday (2nd May) I started my …

Lights Up – A Poem

Okay so little introduction as always: Here's a new poem I wrote today called Lights Up. I've tried to keep it broad enough so that it can be applied to more than one kind of 'performance', but it was written with theatre in mind. It basically speaks of the first performance and how it affects …

A New Storm – A Poem

This is a poem I wrote a little while ago that I keep meaning to post on here, so here it is! It's called A New Storm: A New Storm With you I feel As if You are something New and different. I feel as if Years will pass and Your eyes Your smile The …

One Word – A Poem

Hi everyone! So I thought I'd publish a new poem on here again! I wanted to experiment a little with the idea of beginnings, and how everything starts, what our beginnings all come down to, and I also wanted to create something that was less... me. The style is still me, and it's something that …