Poetic is indeed a perspective but a poem is a poem is a poem...here are some of mine.
4 Nov 2019 5 minute read 4 comments (S)llew la Wulf
Ahhh... Nostalgia, one of my favourite words in the whole world. Broken down it means this; Nostos + Algos or to return (home) + pain... It is commonly known and understood as the pain of knowing what it would be to return, as in home sickness...
23 Oct 2019 1 minute read 0 comments (S)llew la Wulf
LIBEROSIS Once upon a time Tears rolled down the landscape Of this heart Landing on the souls of my feat Beginning, somewhere lost in the Midsts of too many false starts Almost begun. Bleached Out against the struggle To keep moving forwar...
21 Oct 2019 1 minute read 2 comments (S)llew la Wulf
In line with my last few posts and in fact a fair few of my posts, here is another poem for Black History Month. I wrote this a few years ago about structural racism in general as I see it but also about how the beauty industry adds to the racia...
18 Oct 2019 1 minute read 0 comments (S)llew la Wulf
I also make pieces of art out of my poetry; word art, or concrete poetry as it's also known. The picture in the header in one of the first pieces of word art I made for the below poem and the video is my spoken word version, in both French and En...
16 Oct 2019 1 minute read 0 comments (S)llew la Wulf
DARK FRUITS Fulsome, the 4 limbed urchin nymph Waits... Breath is still The air stale She chews on bark She marks her trail She is nature And It is she Dark fruits grow heavy In this dying tree Her limbs are strong, sleek Supple Her breasts hang low...
13 Oct 2019 1 minute read 2 comments (S)llew la Wulf
LITTLE RED AND THE FALLEN ANGEL Once upon a time there lived a girl... she was a wolf. She was a tree. She was a pearl. She locked herself inside a room that she called Mine. In it she dreamt of colours, dance, laughter and rhyme. She whispered word...
10 Oct 2019 1 minute read 0 comments (S)llew la Wulf
DAUGHTERHOOD (pricklypear) That unmistakable mirror Of parenthood Stares back With eyes of gold Impassioned Firm Unblinking Beyond bold Deeper brown Than even my own But as i swim closer to the shore I feel land I sense home In those eyes B...
9 Oct 2019 1 minute read 0 comments (S)llew la Wulf
SILENT HEROS OF WOMANHOOD For all of those women Who have stood their ground Said yes Said no Never bowed, kowtowed Continued to feel worthy Continued to show up Despite to all intents and purposes Existing beyond the black stump. To all the wome...
4 Oct 2019 1 minute read 0 comments (S)llew la Wulf
OXYMORON Rape. Rape. Rape. Rape. Rape. Such a dirty word Rape, raped, rapist, the rapist (rapes). It’s taboo status, so absurd Raping, the rapist, the-rapist, rapes’. How 4 letters can so unnerve Rape/rape/rape/rape. RAPED. Ergo the victims, exist u...
4 Oct 2019 1 minute read 1 comment (S)llew la Wulf
WHOSE REVOLUTION IS THIS ANYWAY? My liberation was not built As a play pen For your dreams Don't give you access to my pleasures Ad hoc and duty free Do not think my heart and mind Are not important, secondary No, remember this sweet nothing...
