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A Lion, a Worm, the Sea
The sculpted shape my life makes, its carved impression into what surrounds, is small while the details divide and multiply on close inspection, more complication, more busy function – my shape fits snug into the around, much as a ring on my finger, the worm or lion in their notch of food chain, a stubborn……
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Persephone Comes, Rūamoko Smiles
(Photo by Duskfall Crew on Unsplash) Underground tunnelled land new home, notes of asphalt and smoke, weary eyes light votives to unknown gods; Rūamoko smiles sees she steps in the habit of boats human destinies float in her shoes respire through her skin, thin amphibian inhalations of sleep excretes salty wishes creeks run with tadpoles dream the shock of……
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Recent Publication
If you need some poetic chill time now we are back into busy work school havoc, you may want to check out Tarot Poetry’s December edition! It is a beautiful issue and features two of Lee’s poems – “An Invalid’s Catalogue of Old Beginnings, Index 1 and 2” as well as “Fall Out of Key”.……
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She Is
I love the family rituals and togetherness of the holidays. However, it can also be a time when we feel absence most keenly. Sometimes the hardest time is once others return to work and school and we struggle with finding a “new normal”. If you are living with grief right now, I wish you peace……
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June News
Lee has a few new poems published in this season’s Tarot magazine (June, 2023). Tarot is Aotearoa’s poetry only literary journal, advertising free and free to view online, it is a beautiful venture to be part of and to support. You can read this issue at tarotpoetry.nz
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10 Ways Poetry Supports Wellness
Feeling blue? Aches and pains got the better of you? Pick up a pen or chapbook – poetry has your back! It’s been a stormy time up at the Sky House. Once again, poetry has saved my life (the love and care of family and a strained but persevering public health system were also essential……
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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