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Editorial

Between Costumes

For those who are in-between chapters in their lives, this poem holds the key to what you must do while waiting. A surprising but simple order: be like a child in the waiting room at a doctor’s office. Play. Continue reading Between Costumes

Unknown's avatarAilsa GilliesMay 22, 2026Leave a comment
Editorial

Crystallised Self

A poetic follow-on from Prodigal Son, a dialogue with a shedding persona, Ailsa Gillies makes an empowered declaration of what it means to embody the Self. Continue reading Crystallised Self

Unknown's avatarAilsa GilliesNovember 20, 2025Leave a comment
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Bargaining My Soul

This poem captures the tension experienced on what Robert Frost called ‘The Road Less Travelled’. Ailsa Gillies dialogues with the soul when she takes it to auction. Continue reading Bargaining My Soul

Unknown's avatarAilsa GilliesAugust 27, 2025September 12, 2025Leave a comment

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