Cyclical, Cyclical
contradictions are typical/ it’s all cyclical, cyclical
New social Media Poems
I am posting more social-media-friendly poetry content on Instagram, Facebook, Tiktok and Tumblr.
Self-Centred
Was it my mistake or your demise?/ I tried to write your alibies/ supported your delusions/ ’cause I thought you might get something right.
Feelings Festered
’cause if I’d say the wrong thing/ like a human, like a child/ I’d never live it down/ you collect mistakes to hold against me/ and you don’t lose count
I Love You Like The Universe
If I try to define it, try to outline it/ you’d think there’s nothing there/ Just like dark matter/ it can’t be captured.
2025 Australian Poetry Slam
I came first in the first round of this year’s poetry slam, so I will be competing at the state finals next month!
Your Composition
“You can’t choose what you’re dealt/ but you can change your convictions/ and switch up the tapes/ to stop playing the victim.”
Tea Leaves
The tea leaves you left me to interpret/ I try to bring meaning to surface
Perth Live Poetry Set (Video)
Written in 2025/MAR Thank you to Perth Poetry Club and The Moon Café for hosting my poetry! It was uncanny to think I had this opportunity exactly 6 months after my first poetry gig. I am really proud of myself for this because my FND has become so menacing this year that I was not…
I’d Feel a Little Better with my Hand in Yours – Original Song
And I’ve never ever needed you here more/ and I really need to see you make the effort/ Because my hands are shaking/ and it’s not because I’m crying
She Goes, He Goes – Original Song
This dance of ours, this parting dance/ Our moves confined by circumstance/ The way I spun around your glance/ As fragile as a final chance
Can Anyone Read My Mind?
I realise it’s the evenings/ when my feelings hit high-tide/ gnawing at my loneliness/ to try to force some openness.
Patience and Chrysanthemums
Patience and chrysanthemums/ and standing at your doorstep/ The weight of you is out of view/ the centre of my orbit
First Live Poetry Set (Video)
Written in 2024/SEP Thank you to That Poetry Thing at Smith’s Alternative, Canberra, for the fantastic opportunity, and thank you to my dear sister, Stacey, for filming this set for me. I absolutely loved sharing my poetry with the audience! As much as I love my poems in their written form, speaking them into existence…
Try To Define What You Don’t Understand
(I found) fragments of truth in a trickster’s blessed hands.
The Life Force of my Poetry
I wish I had you home with me/ I’d trace your lines of poetry/ And memorise each breath released/ The life force of my poetry/ My inspiration holding me
That First Lady Touch – Original Song
I like the word “US”/ The united state of love/ I’ve got that First Lady touch
Keep on Being Loving
They say keep being loving/ even when your heart is aching/ and the residue of touch/ is not enough to ease the ailing
Out of Proportion
I guess things went out of proportion/ when you erred on the edge of caution.
Taurus
I looked at the forecast/ and caught wind in August/ that all of his stories weren’t true
It Was a Waste
It was a waste, a secret place/ A floor with no foundation
The Season of Sadness
It’s the season of sadness & I’ve filled my cup/ Trying to be more but I’m never enough
Unbecoming
No one felt what he felt/ About the cards he was dealt/ Kept one foot in hell/ ‘Cause life was such a cold spell
Jacqueline collier 