Women

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...