The Delicate Ship

Be more dahlia

Or make like Madonna circa 1988 and Express Yourself

Apr 17 • 

Jacqueline Strawbridge

1

March 2025

Confirm humanity

Or how to know you are sentient

Mar 7 • 

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2

1

February 2025

Begin again

Or you are a magnificent work of art

Feb 22 • 

Jacqueline Strawbridge

3

April 2024

Hey, now

I had to check with other parents at the school gates if they, too, were struggling with time and the answer is that I’m not alone.

Apr 17, 2024 • 

Jacqueline Strawbridge

October 2023

Structure in sadness

Right now, something that gives me sustenance is attempting to write Haiku.

Oct 26, 2023 • 

Jacqueline Strawbridge

September 2023

…and continual change preceding death

I have morning despair a lot.

Sep 20, 2023 • 

Jacqueline Strawbridge

August 2023

The Great Escape

He leans nonchalantly against the lamppost, hands stuffed in his pockets, one eye slightly squinting as he surveys the scene around him.

Aug 30, 2023 • 

Jacqueline Strawbridge

It’s me, hi, I’m the problem, it’s me

Why do I love this line from Taylor Swift’s song so much?

Aug 22, 2023 • 

Jacqueline Strawbridge

March 2023

And today is the texture of mud

At the weekend I read Laura Dockrill’s compelling memoir What Have I Done? which has been sitting on my bookshelf since its publication in 2020.

Mar 20, 2023 • 

Jacqueline Strawbridge

Morning song

In the quiet of the morning, sometimes I wonder at all the young eyes staring at me.

Mar 6, 2023 • 

Jacqueline Strawbridge

March 2022

If this isn’t a poem, I don’t know what is

mum lovd

Mar 6, 2022 • 

Jacqueline Strawbridge

March 2021

Caretaker

After tying myself up in knots about failing to make a writing deadline and informing an interested party about said non-development I realised…

Mar 6, 2021 • 

Jacqueline Strawbridge