You kiss my forehead every time I cry. When we say “I love you” butterflies fly. And when you look into my eyes, my heart nearly dies. Never felt for a man, what I feel for you. -2012
What gave you the idea for Where I Ache? Or what inspired you to write it? Where I Ache focuses on various aspects of mental health, such as depression and self esteem, which are definitely important to me and my writing. Mental health can be such a delicate topic and often gets avoided because of that. In fact, I wasn’t…
I’m so happy to welcome our next poet Shelby, who released her latest collection Goddess of the Hunt this February. Shelby is really blazing her own path in poetry with this collection as she reimagines greek goddess Artemis’ navigation through her own aromanticism and asexuality. Aside from her great writing, Shelby’s honest, funny, and sweet personality shines through in this…
I received a copy of Megan O’Keeffe’s Cracked Open for review purposes. As always, this review reflects only my honest thoughts on the book. Cracked Open by Megan O’Keeffe Publication Date: April 16th 2018 Paperback; 110 Pages Genre: Poetry Cracked Open is a down to earth and vulnerable journey following the human heart as it searches for love. This…
He’s my best friend Handsome and a gentleman. Always funny but sometimes sensitive. Green eyes. Brown hair. Never forgets to pull out a woman’s chair. Can’t help it if your touch makes me melt. You’re something my heart’s never felt. -2012
Fiona: When did you first consider yourself a writer? MO: I guess I started to consider myself a writer when I launched my blog Debatably Dateable. Before that I wasn’t consistently sharing my work and had actually tried to stop writing a few times. Fiona: What inspired you to write your first book? MO: All the positive feedback I was…
Unfortunately, not every documentary you watch will be a good one. Or sometimes you’ll watch a movie that you kind of enjoyed but you know you wouldn’t recommend anyone else to watch it (for me that Christmas lifetime movies hahah). These four documentaries don’t have any common themes aside from the fact that I don’t think you should watch them…
Though my history with modern poetry is rocky, I have really been enjoying the hard hitting collections this year, so I was delighted when Megan reached out to me and asked if I would review her poetry collection. She described it as a poetry collection broken up into 6 chapters ranging from themes such as […] via Review: Where I Ache…
Mental Health Awareness Month brings up so many important topics about mental illness and how their affect our confidence, self-esteem, thoughts, and moods. Your mental health affects your relationship with yourself, which in turn affects your relationships with your friends, family, and significant other. There is a common phrase of “You have to love yourself before you can love someone…