A bit of a dark take on the 'Old Mother Hubbard' nursery rhyme in response to discussions around the cost of living crisis. All characters in this poem are fictional. #poetry #poems #costofliving #poverty #poemsofbluesky #poetryofbluesky #poetrycommunity #freeversepoetry #freeversepoems

I'm pleased to announce that my submission, 'Pig's Lemonade, for the Stupid Poetry Zine to @coinoppress.bsky.social has been accepted! I'm really grateful to be included in the publication! I can't wait! #coinoppress #poems #poetry #poetryzine #minizine #minizine #poemsofbluesky #poetryofbluesky

'Hair Bracelet' was crafted in response to #thepoetryexcahngettih January Poetry Exchange organised on Instagram. The theme for this exchange was 'hair'. My assigned pen pal seemed to enjoy it, and I enjoyed her poem to me. #poetryexchange #poems #poetry #poetryofbluesky #poemsofbluesky #hair

'This Ain't Some Cheesy Hallmark Flick' was another December Poetry Prompt from #kadsandcollectiveprompts on Instagram that didn't place. I always found Christmas to be the most hypocritical time of the year, and the Hallmark flicks rub more salt in that wound. #Decemberpoetry #decemberpoems #poems

'December Dreaming' was a submission to #kadsandcollectiveprompts December Poetry Prompts on Instagram. Unfortunately, it didn't place, but I got some good feedback on this response to this interpretation to Hans Christian Anderson's 'The Little Match Girl'. #Decemberpoetry #decemberpoems #poems

People will ask whether I was okay as a child after reading this. My honest response is that I'd rather focus on the now. #poems #poem #poetry #poetryofbluesky #poetry_of_bluesky #poems_of_bluesky #poemsofbluesky #poetrycommunity #creativewriting #childhoodtrauma #thebanshee #banshee

A pantoum poem about housewives of the 1950s with the difficult balancing act of being a dutiful wife and mother while holding onto their sanity and identity as a woman. #poetry #poem #pantoum #feministpoetry #tradwife #natalya-tedak