About the author
Samantha is based in Plymouth, UK where she is a PhD Creative Writing candidate at the University of Plymouth exploring chronic illness through poetry. Her poetry has been published in Arc, Acumen, Room, Cephalopress, The Storms Journal and Causley International. Samantha is an ex nurse who lives with complex chronic illness and neurodiversity.
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Once, in a moonlit forest, a female felt a foreboding fog of her future and rested her head against a felled oak tree. The lobed leaves caressed her brow, creating a crown of weaved green. As she slept, her delicate cheek absorbed the wheels of time – the wide of the good years and the narrow of the dry barren. And acorns fell one at a time through the quiet air, landing in the soft soil with expectation. When she woke, her arms caught in branches and her hair was a hat of luscious leaves. She tried to pull herself away, but the acorns edged ever closer – their shiny heads like accusatory fingers. Go, she whispered, I cannot take care of you. But the acorns didn’t answer, just waited patiently for her roots to grow. About the author
Samantha is based in Plymouth, UK where she is a PhD Creative Writing candidate at the University of Plymouth exploring chronic illness through poetry. Her poetry has been published in Arc, Acumen, Room, Cephalopress, The Storms Journal and Causley International. Samantha is an ex nurse who lives with complex chronic illness and neurodiversity. Bird
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