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‘Heartaches’ by Donovan Lord: Poetry Review

We’re at the end of Pride Month and our very last post of the month is an incredibly special one. We were so lucky to be given an advance reader copy of Heartaches by Donovan Lord. This collection of poetry is an extremely personal narrative of the author’s life. Lord, a bi-racial, gay man, takes on the task of documenting great portions of his life, often painful and challenging. The content of Heartaches reflects exactly what its title denotes: a montage of painful moments. Of mental health, and mental illness. Of love and loss. Of unrequited love. Of racism. Of…

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“she must be mad” by Charly Cox

Poetry is a genre that I don’t often find myself reaching for, but I walked passed Carly Cox’s new collection of poetry and prose at the bookstore and I couldn’t resist. she must be mad is 22-year-old Cox’s first book, a compilation of her poetry and lyrical prose written from her teenage year onwards. At first glance, it had the same feel as Rupi Kaur’s writing, which, though controversial in the poetry world, I have enjoyed. I honestly can’t pinpoint exactly what it was that had me reaching for she must be mad. But undoubtedly, it had something to do…

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T.S. Eliot’s “The Wasteland”

An Academic Essay on Fragmentation in The Wasteland  “These fragments I have shored against my ruins” – T.S. Eliot, The Wasteland For today’s post, I’ve revisited another old essay from my time in academia. In my very first year of university, in one of the most life changing English classes I’ve taken to date, we studied T.S. Eliot’s famous poem The Wasteland. The essay I wrote explores the fragmented structure and context, as well as the history that influenced the poem. T.S. Eliot’s The Wasteland is perhaps best well known as marking the foundation of modern poetry. This is due…

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