August
Three young women; one cursed summer; one night of desperate magic.
Selected Poems
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moth
my wings are breaking against the walls
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the earth a horizon
my children will be sweet promises
drifting in the stillness -
reincarnation
I have been here before
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on these flagstones
beside the fireplace now charcoal
and woodlouse nest -
the line of unavoidable tragedy
I draw the line of unavoidable tragedy
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it winds its way in paint
blue
a river, each teardrop melting into one
Publications
invocation to the muse
We'Moon 2025: Grow
wolf (coming of age)
Corvid Queen • May 2024
stories and stones
Clarion Issue 1 • April 2024 • Read more
prayer
Earth Pathways Diary 2024
let the wild woman sing
We'Moon 2023: Silver Lining
Roadkill
Spank The Carp Pond 77 • October 2023 • Spank The Carp Anthology 2023 • Read more
mother moon
Corvid Queen • September 2022 • Read more
aes sidhe
Gingerbread House #51 • June 2022
blodeuwedd
Swim Press Issue 2 'Bodies' • May 2022
Awards
Frances Copping Memorial Prize for Fiction 2024
don't panic • Read more
Hay Writers' Circle Poetry Prize 2023
spine • Read more
About
Helen is a neurodivergent creative from the Welsh Marches, currently residing in a castle in Fife. With a background in zoology and psychology, her work is inspired by mythology, the relationship between people and nature, and the landscape of the human body. She can often be found wandering the woods, knitting small cats, and painting mythic feminine archetypes.
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