Tag Archives: Poem
A year of motherhood: thoughts & poems
Hello there, it’s been a while! I’ve been pretty quiet here on my blog for recent months and the reason for that is explained by the title of this blog post. Early last year my life changed in the most extreme, soul-shifting way possible. I became a mother. The past year has been wonderful, exhausting, […]
The importance of staying proactive as a writer
Trying to build a career as a writer when you have a life, other commitments and a whole other job can seem a daunting task and there’s no doubt that it takes hard work, discipline and patience. I wanted to jot down some thoughts I’ve had recently about why it’s so important to also be […]
Poem: For My Brother
It’s been a while since I shared a poem on here. Poetry just feels so intrinsically personal and emotional – maybe because I only ever write about the things that matter to me, and sometimes those things hurt. So here you go – this one’s for my brother. Who deserves everything he thinks he doesn’t. […]
Finding inspiration and challenging myself as a writer
Hello and welcome back to the part of my blog where I document my journey as a writer, and write about how much I both love and hate writing. It’s been a bumpy couple of months. There have been many reasons – global pandemic notwithstanding – why I haven’t really felt like blogging, and writing […]
Poem #35: Puzzle
We are all messes of ourselves, and yet somehow the pieces always make a puzzle.
Poem #34: Mountains from Dust
I suppose we are all walking on a path of dust to the mountains.
Poetry Corner | Poem #32
I’ll happily drown if you’ll be there too.
Poetry Corner | Poem #31
And I was always told that there was a permanence in change.
Poetry Corner | Poem #30: Stargazing
I looked up and saw the Milky Way painted across the sky like it wasn’t real and it made me feel like, really, neither was I.
Poetry Corner | Poem #29
Perhaps I should have known.
Bethany Wren 