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Author: Courtenay Schembri Gray

Poet from the North of England.

Things I’m Worried About

I’ve looked at all the advice columns for mental illness, and the one thing they tell you to do is … More

depression, lists, mental illness, worries

June Asleep // A Found Poem

his body between thighs like June asleep. sex not flashing skin is bad. frenzied sexuality, wild with 103-degree fever. Taken … More

cosmopolitan, found poetry, Poetry, poetry community, writing community

milk & eggs – Poetry [Expat Lit]

Late September, Expat Lit accepted my Georges Bataille inspired poem ‘milk & eggs’. I made my debut there on Thursday … More

eroticism, georges bataille, Poetry, poetry community, sexuality, writing community

7:10 am

Authors Note: I wrote this from the taxi this morning. the taxi smells like urine and the driver decided to … More

city, Poetry, poetry community, writing community

reminders // a tanka poem

she left eyelashes on his mother’s kitchen sink thick brush stroke bristles that he rubs on himself when lust swallows … More

love, lust, poetry community, tanka, tanka poetry, writing community

Nightstand // Short Story

She sat outside the Les Deux Magots in Paris. A glass of rich coffee stewed next to her burning cigarette … More

Absurdism, Absurdist Story, Fiction, paris, short story, WritingCommunity

mental warfare // a poem

how do you feel today? how has your mood been? what’s been on your mind? Today I feel… anxious competitive … More

depression, mental health, mental illness, Poetry, poetry community, writing community

14:00 hours // Tanka Poem

Tuesday mornings spent supreming a tart grapefruit the cashew segments bleed into his coffee cup his newspaper left unread at … More

poetry community, tanka, tanka poem, tanka poetry, writing community

Strangers & Cigarettes // Ten-Page Stage Play

CHARACTERS: VALENCIA – A woman in her mid-twenties. HENRY – A man in his early thirties. (SCENE: It is late … More

script, stage play, writing community

Soaking in Strange Hours by Erik Hofstatter: Review

Erik Hofstatter’s ‘Soaking in Strange Hours’ is essentially a long prose poem, but this should be the thing that nudges … More

book review, Fiction, noir, prose poetry, short story, transgressive fiction

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