who do you think that you are?
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Author: Ailsa Gillies
Journalist & author.
coffee black & my bed at 3
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i’m in love, i’m alive
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am i really here at last?
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let’s do some living
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I Don’t Buy It
If I had a penny for every time somebody told me how to ‘fix’ something about myself that I never seen as a problem, I’d be a millionaire. A poem that explores the insidious trade of our insecurities. How the most rebellious thing you can do is love yourself. Continue reading I Don’t Buy It
We’re afraid to be wise
Have you ever had a monk make a fool out of you on your way to work ? Well, I did. My 20s were a crash course in everything that could go wrong, and what I discovered wasn’t perfection or performance, but the quiet, messy power of living honestly. Continue reading We’re afraid to be wise
Men at Arms
A black-out poem from an old Robert Louis Stevenson piece turned anti-war as a critique of romanticised ‘honour’ in bloodshed. Continue reading Men at Arms
Play the Fool
All great things began with a trying fool. Continue reading Play the Fool
Bells Between Barga
A poem that reflects on cross-cultural love using soft, impressionist imagery and intentional symbols across nations. Partly inspired by Giovanni Pascoli’s L’ora Di Barga. Continue reading Bells Between Barga
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