6/10/2018 0 Comments Poetry By Katie Lewington Frédéric Poirot CC A-Level Results whether it is on Facebook in the national or local newspaper children, well, teenagers are pictured leaping for joy as they have received their A-Level results to be able to get into their first choice university and i remember - have many regrets i am twenty-two struggling with the basics it is difficult not to believe that i am an unemployed loser with a minimal education cut short by ill mental health that was never diagnosed in school i hated life was mapped- school, college, university for everybody but me because even then i didn't think my life was going to go as planned it is hard not to be bitter but we all have choices at some point you have to make them and quit blaming perpetrators and circumstances you can only be angry for so long before you become the person at the end of the bar bitter, drunk crunching on pork scratchings and scowling at the people that dare laugh, or raise their voice near you decide from now on in my life is mine to be controlled. She's a people around her cycle like a cyclone dancers creating the aura of a lead you think wow blimey i imagine she is popular but i am not sure her eyes shine too brightly and her smile is too stretched like get out of my way you crazy idiots! i want to be me You lose yourself in other people The Afternoon Crowd beer glass left abandoned on the side of the table /beside the slot machine / half moon lemon / in a tumbler / slumped against the side / ordering drinks between songs / the live band sets up / instruments / tests the sound / cobwebs of froth on the empty beer glass / beginning to disappear Bio: Katie writes with her particular brand of poetic insights, based loosely on the subjects of belonging, loss, mental illness, and hope. You can read more snippets of her writing on her blog, instagram, or in her books available on Amazon.com. Katie also runs a book blog, where she reviews small press books, and interviews writers. Blog https://23poetryhub.wordpress.com/ Twitter lewington_katie Instagram Katielewington Donations ko-fi.com/klpoetry
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. Archives
April 2024
Categories |