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Self-Palinopsia
(First published by Tarot Poetry, Dec 2024 Edition) 1 Light Streaking In plastic envelopes floating kicking joy sun in eyes barbecuing skin already pink taste of chlorine and the white noise roar of fun I am a star fish smiling unabridged for the woman behind a mechanical eye with my cousin posing giggling in heart……
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Build Your Own SkyHouse
The Sky House is a place and a state of mind. Protection and escape. Somewhere to Be and not Do. What is the house of your imagination? Your own sky house shelters you, protecting your inner calm from the cold of isolation and the storms of loss. It is somewhere we must each build for……
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Publication News
Check out Tarot Poetry, December 2024 issue for lots of poetry nourishment including new poem; “We are the Sad Ones” Find at http://www.tarotpoetry.nz Take care everyone x
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We are the Dead
Inspired by reclusion, a year’s headlines, and the song by David Bowie. We are the Sad Ones, silent we hold to stones of privilege in each hand by the cold of unreclaimable duties, we stand human, our heroes all dead, arms too full guts too frail to man controls. – The sad ones see unfolding……
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2024 Good Reads
“When I Reach for your Pulse”, Rushi Vyas It takes real talent and skill to write about a subject as difficult as a parent’s suicide as something fascinating and insightful. This book is a gift to anyone who has lost someone and struggles with stigma. “The Artist”, Ruby Solly A really enjoyable read. For those……
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June Publication News
Lee has two new poems published in this month’s edition of “Tarot Poetry”, Aotearoa NZ’s beautiful and free to access poetry journal. “Body Falls” and “Self-Palinopsia” Read here: http://www.tarotpoetry.nz Take care everyone x
About Lee, and the Sky House
Lee is a mixed-heritage writer, mother of three, and former clinical psychologist, from Otautahi, Chch, in Aotearoa NZ. Themes in her writing include illness and coping, the experience of creativity, nature, domestic life, and women’s relationships and identity as mothers. Currently, she is at home most days nursing a chronic inflammatory illness – but she is working on that! You can follow Lee’s blog by subscribing to the Sky House newsletter (below) or follow the Sky House Poetry page on Facebook.
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