
About Me
I'm a mother and Scottish poet who began writing poetry during the pandemic. I have always enjoyed writing creatively as a hobby and love all things Greek and mythological. My other passion is teaching law and criminology and academic research. I'm particularly interested in women and children's experiences of the criminal justice system and penal reform and currently undertaking a PhD at Glasgow University.
Poetry






Stealing Hope
Moon of Aphrodite
Upcoming in Acropolis Journal
Mother's Eyes
Upcoming in The Hyacinth Review
Published in 'Spellbound' by Spiny Hedgehog
Dec, 2022
Orion, Fevers of the Mind
Chrysalis

Ivy
Let your heart emerge whole
inside a crescent moon
Dazzle stars with
your wit and fortitude
Grow like ivy
scale extraordinary heights
fill every crack with memories
of what’s still to come to light
Live like there’s always more
living to be done
and as your dreams migrate
rejoice in knowing
that even the bluest of skies
must come undone

Monsters
Please close the door as you leave
I’ll wrestle these monsters
Like Gaia only I know how to tame them
Light a match and watch it burn brightly
Put them back in Pandoras jar of dreams
weeping doesn’t help but pulsatilla might
A chain of daisies whirrs around my
head like a dainty halo
I want to dance with my darkness tonight
Maybe I’ll try Ophelia’s haunting little number
Being Brave
I spill ink and blood
hit send with love
let it ruminate
I guess this is being brave


STONE HEART
The serpent recoils
Arranging her lithe form into
A treble clef
Quaking in her sheafed skin
She blows a silent O
Cupids bow at the ready
He knows where to aim his deadly arrow
She knows his fickle love won’t last
And so, she turns him to stone
So that her heart keeps on beating
An eternal revolution
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