Another teaser from my upcoming spoken word album. Made in collaboration with the inspirational Meghan Wood. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOQR7u3-73A&fbclid=IwAR2TsnYVuOcZ3NNuhI6RazbkhQq8PANGHPHmwiSc7DF0glYRVbHbXOZrpro
Last Rites : A Poem
Tag: Death
Roadkill : I Will Remember You, My Friend
When I take little Saga out for a walk, I know there’s a likelihood that I’ll encounter roadkill. I walk the country road most of the way, and too many people drive idiotically fast. Usually, I come across rabbits or birds that have been hit, but in the past two days, it’s been hedgehogs –… Continue reading Roadkill : I Will Remember You, My Friend
Death, You Should Have Warned Me You Were Coming
My Nanna and I were close when I was small and blonde. She is one of the people who shaped me into this woman who's writing to you today. This wyrd, crazily enthusiastic, deeply passionate woman who never wants to do life half arsed. But then something happened, and our relationship started to come away… Continue reading Death, You Should Have Warned Me You Were Coming
Words On Anneliese Michel
It takes a lot to scare me, ok? But last night, when I was working on an article about possessed kids, I found myself too fucking terrified to finish what I was doing. I needed to put my laptop down and fucking burn it into bed. I didn't even switch off the lights, brush my… Continue reading Words On Anneliese Michel
In The Hours Of Darkness Giveaway
https://www.instagram.com/p/BOzl8yMh8t3/?taken-by=katiemariemetcalfe What books do you have lined up for the new year? How do you fancy getting your hands on a copy of my latest poetry collection In The Hours Of Darkness? I am giving away 2 copies over on Instagram. Just head there and follow the instructions to be in with a chance of… Continue reading In The Hours Of Darkness Giveaway
My Heart Has Joined The Thousand
Today I learned about the passing of Richard Adams, the author of the novel Watership Down, a book to which I owe so much. We had the cartoon adaptation from 1978 on VHS and I watched it repeatedly throughout my childhood, at least a few times a week for several years and then a couple… Continue reading My Heart Has Joined The Thousand
6 Books I Will Buy When Satan Smiles Up At Me
It's been a while since I bought a new book. I found The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron for 25 Krona the other week in a thrift store, so I scooped that up pretty fast. But new books...hell, I can't actually remember the last new book I bought. I think it might have been Don't… Continue reading 6 Books I Will Buy When Satan Smiles Up At Me
My New Poetry Collection Is Available To Buy
My poetry collection In The Hours Of Darkness is now available to download from Etsy. It will be available in printed form within the next few days. Every purchase and share is greatly appreciated! You can buy it here. In The Hours Of Darkness is a collection of forty two poems, each of which has… Continue reading My New Poetry Collection Is Available To Buy
Films About Death
Highly recommend this superb article from The Order Of The Good Death, featuring a list of films about death that you need to see.
My Other Shadows : Day Twenty Eight
The moment after the final breath.
Celebrating the strange and the shadowy, the damned and unseen 