The Poems

The Verdict

The Verdict was first published in ‘Skirting Around’ Issue 1 April 2021. Court cases decided By what the victim wears ‘She asked for it’...

The Mother

When I write as a poet sometimes I use real things which have happened sometimes reporting them faithfully and sometimes having to convey...

Still Birth

I tried to capture the essence of what still birth means to the mother. This poem was first published in The Sacred Feminine: Open Skies...

Olga

Pursed lips above a downward gaze, jaw tight as the slamming sledgehammer cracking ice like walnut skulls. Muscles bulging and arms...

Menopause

This starts off as tongue in cheek, but conveys a real message that there is a vibrant life after menopause. My undercarriage has slipped...

Bride Price

I deliberately mixed up references rather than targeting any particular community. The woman is the one who pays the price of being...

Ruby

A poem by a proud nana, celebrating her granddaughter’s adventurous nature. This was first published by the Soul Poets Society in...

I'm NOT

This poem called I’m Not was prompted by reading an article which talked about how the ‘DICK’tionary had many words that only described...

No, you’re not clinical waste: Miscarriage

This poem came about as a result of reading an article about some hospitals treating foetuses as clinical waste to be disposed of. I then...

christine fowler POETRY