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Poetry & Prose by Courtenay Schembri Gray

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Born and raised in the North of England, Courtenay Schembri Gray reared her head as a budding poet with a penchant for the macabre. After finding a kinship in the rich verse of Sylvia Plath, Courtenay has amassed a grand amount of publishing credits. Her poetry collection, The Maggot on Maple Street, was published by Anxiety Press in 2023. Twitter: @courtenaywrites Website: www.courtenayscorner.com

In My Influencer Era…

I have been unhappy with my Instagram for a while now, and I follow quite a few book bloggers on … More

books, Bookstagram, Influencer, Instagram

The Scribe and Slate

After ‘The Moon Under Water’ by George Orwell My favourite bookshop, The Scribe and Slate, floats on a large river. … More

#GeorgeOrwell #NonFiction #Books #Essay

In Another Life

In another life… nature hasn’t turned in on itself. In another life… our blood has conjoined beyond the froth of … More

grief, life, poem, Poetry, writing community

Gone Wit’ Smoke

Author’s Note: I’m a Northern Girl (U.K.), and I come across this way of speaking very often. She were left … More

Dialect, manchester, Northern, Northern Writing, Poetry, Yorkshire

At the Gates of Dawn

For Syd Barrett He sits cross-legged on the stage of Glastonbury. Up high in a tree, lost in a field … More

Music, Pink Floyd, Poetry, Syd Barrett

Mourvèdre

A cento using lines from Diane Seuss’ Frank: Sonnets’ I am a little Frank O’ Hara. Drowned in shallow water. … More

art, Cento, Diane Seuss, poem, poet, Poetry

I, Abalone

This poem is a reject from a recent competition. Time is the longest distance between two places. —Tennessee Williams Like … More

Abalone, Gothic, Poetry, sad, Sad Poetry

Mollify

The shadows move in their pre-dawn mirage. Birdsong haunts the lukewarm streetlight like a black comedy. This hoop is a … More

poet, Poetry, Short Poem, writing community

The Uncomfortable Truth of a Tortured Artist

TW: Suicide, Suicidal Ideation, Depression, Anxiety, Complaints, Mental Illness. Do you know what it feels like to drown surrounded by … More

Anxiety, art, CNF, Creative Non Fiction, depression, mental illness, psychology, Suicidal Ideation

Oyster Spoon

This cento poem celebrates the work featured in the Spring edition of The Poetry Review. To lose her in every … More

Cento, Poetry, The Poetry Review

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