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in the grey

I was thinking how tired and fed up I was when Samreen emailed me from her tiny attic in Afghanistan and put it all in context.

I have this very romantic poem up in @MicromanceMag today called "If Love is a Comet, How Can it Be Buried?", so please give it a read if that's your thing. 🙂 Super grateful to @Gail_Lynn_EIC for supporting my work once again:

https://micromancemagazine.substack.com/p/if-love-is-a-comet-how-can-it-be

"scooping up the ocean
in my hands...
evening cool" Issa Kobayashi

(image: Koho Shoda)

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My poem ‘Twenty - Something Rumours’ published in Windward Review,Volume 23.
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My dad defied the doctors & stuck around long enough to meet & get to know his granddaughter which I am so grateful for.

They became great pals & had many lovely times together.

This poem, which means a lot to me, was published in the recent issue of Flare.

Thanks for reading.