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Poetry & Prose by Courtenay Schembri Gray

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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

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

A Poet Books Doth Not Make

Why does a poet need to write a bookif their soul cannot be tethered to a hook?The scene is insular … More

Dreams, Fame, Famous Poet, Literary Canon, Literary Criticism, Poetry, Politics, The Atlantic, the paris review, The Poetry Review

Cutting Corners: Cody Sexton

Cutting Corners is my new interview series, and my first guest is Cody Sexton of Anxiety Press. He is the … More

Fiction, interview, Poetry, publishing, writing

On Breaking Up w/ Writing Competitions

I have rarely won anything in my life. The last thing I won was a raffle at an open mic … More

depression, Poetry, Writing Competitions, Writing Life

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