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Tag: Poetry

The Best of 2021

Dec 8, 2021Dec 8, 2021 ~ IAmKatyLees ~ Leave a comment

It’s been an interesting year of blogging! While most of my time this year has been taken up by writing The Trans Guide to Mental Health and Well-Being, I’ve enjoyed updating you here when I could. The most read posts of 2021 have been a blend of new and vintage posts, and a great mix … Continue reading The Best of 2021

Safe Places

Dec 1, 2020Oct 6, 2021 ~ IAmKatyLees ~ Leave a comment

Safe Places, December 2020 I have found a home. The dragonflies buzz and lilt By the yacht club lake. Swinging high, higher, Aiming for the sun and sky, Flying with sisters. My hands are in dough. I laugh as I try to hold This delicious life. This is usually where I put the links to … Continue reading Safe Places

A Poem Grown In The Dark

Aug 29, 2020Dec 1, 2020 ~ IAmKatyLees ~ Leave a comment

A Poem Grown In The Dark, August 2020 In autumn before-times My plan was to keep My hyacinth bulbs, left In darkness to sleep. In springtime, in lockdown, I set the bulbs free. To my horror, my plants Had been following me. They could not be contained. They had been locked away Without water or … Continue reading A Poem Grown In The Dark

Protected: Patreon-Exclusive: Poetry (plus, a poem)

Mar 3, 2020 ~ IAmKatyLees

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Three Poems I Wrote when I was Eighteen

Feb 22, 2020 ~ IAmKatyLees ~ Leave a comment

Hello! Here are three poems that I wrote and thought were great about a decade ago! I'm not sure how I feel about them now, except that these are the closest thing to a time machine I'll ever have. I spent a lot of time being sad, bi, and lovelorn when I was 18, and … Continue reading Three Poems I Wrote when I was Eighteen

Review – poems I sleep next to, By Shelby Eileen

Nov 23, 2019 ~ IAmKatyLees ~ Leave a comment

poems I sleep next to is a poetic examination of how love and self-love can feel when it is reciprocated, fought for, and let go. The poems have no titles, so they’re almost one big poem, almost a prose story. The story begins with a hope that the reader can find self-love, then travels through … Continue reading Review – poems I sleep next to, By Shelby Eileen

King For A Day

Jul 27, 2019Jul 12, 2020 ~ IAmKatyLees ~ Leave a comment

I don’t usually enjoy my birthdays that much. I have a frustrating habit of keeping my birthday a secret to avoid any kind of fuss. No longer. It’s my birthday next week and I wish to be showered in love and ethically-mined diamonds. Come, my lovelies, and give unto me your biggest fuss. Here are … Continue reading King For A Day

Mini Book Reviews, January – March 2019

Mar 30, 2019Nov 8, 2019 ~ IAmKatyLees ~ 1 Comment

A staple of my old blog from one million years ago, my mini book reviews are back! Get yourself comfy, make your favourite drink, and take a whistle-stop tour of what novels, novellas, and collections I've been reading over the last three months. Mistakes were Made, by Juliette Sebock - I reviewed this in full … Continue reading Mini Book Reviews, January – March 2019

Review – Mistakes Were Made, by Juliette Sebock

Jan 19, 2019Nov 21, 2019 ~ IAmKatyLees ~ 6 Comments

As a therapist I've noticed that, when a person reaches a certain point of grieving, they are able to go through dark times with a soft and thoughtful focus - they are able to delve deeply into everything they've lost, pull something out of it, and look at the hurt with a kind of tender … Continue reading Review – Mistakes Were Made, by Juliette Sebock

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