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Joe Willis: I Want a Word With My Sculptor

I Want a Word with my Sculptor …I want a word with my sculptor.Not for long. Just a quick discussion liketo get…why, why I feel half-formed?Like they gave up midway through-leaving lumps, no structure. …I want a word with my sculptor.Just to know, you know, to talk, to find out, what was the thinking behindmy … Continued

Wemmy Ogunyankin: Stories of Home

Stories of Home My journey started long before I was bornOn a land with more colours than I’ve ever seenThe yellows, blues, oranges and greensThe sea, the sky, the endless trees and foot full of sandThe morning smell of eggs, gari and ogiThe feel and taste of agege breadAll day, every day back homeThe flurry … Continued

Najma Heybe: A Conversation With a Bird

Najma Heybe is 26-years old and an aspiring poet. She was born in Somalia and moved to Sheffield with her family when she was 12. Najma currently attends The Way I Flourish course. A Conversation With a Bird I am lonely down herePeople are all around me, but I am lonely herewould you hold my … Continued

Susan Hunter Downer: There’s No Easy Way to Say This

Susan Hunter Downer was born in Birmingham to Jamaican parents and has lived in Sheffield for 20 years. She had her first short story published in a Creative Future anthology in 2019. This is her first poem. There’s No Easy Way to Say This by Susan Hunter Downer No-one told me I was BlackThe colour … Continued

Wemmy Ogunyankin: If Our Eyes Were Closed

Wemmy is a Creative Copywriter passionate about exploring the power of words, images and their stories. She loves telling a story almost as much as she enjoys experiencing one. If Our Eyes Were Closed If I first looked at you with my eyes closed. What would I have seen? What would I have felt?Would I … Continued

Marie: My New Identity

First a bit of context. I am getting treatment for OCD after a long journey to accepting that I couldn’t continue to give in to compulsions. The intervention of my partner, advice from a friend with the condition, charity support, and a podcast which gave me a likely name for what I was experiencing were … Continued

NA: Who I Am

I am a very confident lady, but my childhood has made me who I am. When I was a child I always thought I wasn’t useful, because when I was being brought up the perception about daughters wasn’t right. When I was a child people surrounding me didn’t like when daughters were born, but when … Continued

Cerowyn Browne: Nizam Speaks

Nizam is a school teacher and poet from London, and wrote this poem when he was struggling with depression. I had the chance to interview him over the phone about his poetry and his experiences with his mental health. He told me that around the time he wrote this poem he was finding it extremely … Continued

Andy Webb: Some Men and Necessary Miles

I am currently attending Men’s Mental Health course run by Rotherham Flourish (Connected Worlds). This course has helped me to express through poetry a positivity and resilience in the face of difficulty, and for that I am truly grateful. Some Men Some men explore, some men. Some men are behind a closed door, some men. … Continued

Ryan Bramley: Coming Out

It’s time to come clean. No, not like that. Not that I haven’t questioned or critiqued my sexuality before…I think most of us do. For the moment, I’m entirely comfortable in that aspect of my life. But here it is: a couple of weeks ago, I received a piece of paper that said, in no … Continued

Roz Davies: Glass Half Full

Since 27 November 1997 I have lived with type 1 diabetes. Some say it is one of the most complex conditions to self-manage, and as with all long term conditions it significantly affects both physical and mental health. I had been experiencing all the classic type 1 diabetes symptoms; losing weight rapidly, thirsty, lots of … Continued