Collected Writings
After finding purpose and respite in writing while on the road, that passion is now being channelled into a new venture: Border Co. Border Co. is a banner under which to explore my passions for writing, discovering stories, and creating meaningful partnerships. The opening essay, ‘The Crossing: Welcome to Border Co.‘ can be read via… Continue reading Border Co.
Eight years ago, I embarked on a month-long road trip with friends in the US across ten states. The journey became a defining moment of change in my life, that culminated with my relocation to the US at the end of the same year. TX, WA, ID, MT, OR, CA, CO, AZ, UT, NV. The… Continue reading Kalispell, MT
The artist Sanae Yasuda and I first connected after sharing space on the pages of issue 3.1 of The Purposeful Mayonnaise last year, going on to develop a mutual admiration of each other’s work. Sanae recently commissioned a poem for inclusion in the catalogue for a solo exhibition in Japan, and influenced by her piece,… Continue reading fire & earth Motherhood Blooms
It is my pleasure to announce that my poem, Death’s Constellation has been included in the winter issue of The Raven Review. Founded in 2020 and based in Central Texas, the publication explores the human experience through dark, atmospheric writing. Death’s Constellation explores the permanence of death throughout history, and how the symbolic presence of… Continue reading The Raven Review Volume V, Issue 1
Red Light is one of two poems published in The Purposeful Mayonnaise Issue 3.1 in June 2023. It is inspired in part by the intimacy between husbands, wives and strangers. Red Light Your body quartered by sunlight Divided on linen. Beneath a ceiling fan’s Lazy orbit through Heavy air. Heeled steps echo beyond the door… Continue reading Red Light
Opal Age Tribune generously published three of my poems in their issue, HERMIT, themed around solitude and creativity. The three poems can be viewed in their entirety within the issue on the Opal Age website. Each poem is also accompanied by a visual composition that acts as a title page to each piece. These visuals… Continue reading Opal Age Tribune – HERMIT
I recently completed a short project for Sabah Shoes, helping the company review and develop the product descriptions of their shoes on their website. The project also involved developing SEO descriptions for their search engine listing. The project started with a review of the product descriptions for Sabah’s best-selling styles. After pulling the current product… Continue reading Sabah Shoes
My first published poems (SEPARATION and RED LIGHT) are available to read in Issue 3.1 of the literary and art journal, The Purposeful Mayonnaise. The full issue can be downloaded for free at the publication’s website. Print copies are also available to purchase. My gratitude goes to the editor for giving my first published work… Continue reading The Purposeful Mayonnaise Issue 3.1
I continue to explore new directions with my writing, with a specific focus on how to make text more visually engaging. Discovering writers online who layer their writing over everyday photographs, I decided to try this with scraps from an early story. This image was from a road trip in 2021, where I spent time… Continue reading Learning to Experiment
Rejection is a normal part of submitting work for publication. Far from being a negative, I view each rejection as a step in improving my writing. The following poem was ultimately rejected from being published in orangepeel magazine’s sixth issue ‘In Conversation’, despite reaching the later stages of review. This is the first time a… Continue reading Arrival in the Old Country