My name is Rebecca, I'm twenty-one and I'm an English Literature undergrad at Durham University, where I'm the President of the University Poetry Society and Creative Editor at The Bubble student magazine. My poems have been featured in the Raving Dove, YM Poetry, and Cadaverine online magazines. In 2009 I was commended in the Foyle Young Poet of the Year Award. My writing brings me so much joy and I hope it brings joy to other people :)
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My Stories
The Retreat
First published on January 30, 2013 - 16:16 | 167 reads
The Obligatory Snow Poem
First published on January 20, 2013 - 19:05 | 254 reads
So it goes.
First published on January 10, 2013 - 17:29 | 347 reads
Yellowing
First published on January 2, 2013 - 20:58 | 247 reads
Ithaca
First published on November 19, 2012 - 19:41 | 188 reads
Games People Play
First published on October 14, 2012 - 11:58 | 293 reads
Notes on a Long-Haul Flight
First published on October 1, 2012 - 13:58 | 220 reads
My Family and Other Animals
First published on September 23, 2012 - 18:18 | 455 reads
Footnote For A Dissertation (3)
First published on September 2, 2012 - 11:06 | 331 reads
Footnote For A Dissertation (2)
First published on August 23, 2012 - 16:26 | 412 reads
Footnote For A Dissertation (1)
First published on August 12, 2012 - 19:25 | 421 reads
On Leaving
First published on July 15, 2012 - 20:17 | 326 reads
Cambiare
First published on June 27, 2012 - 12:58 | 296 reads
Espresso Martini
First published on June 17, 2012 - 17:13 | 260 reads
Electra
First published on May 18, 2012 - 18:14 | 418 reads
Requiem
First published on April 26, 2012 - 16:56 | 374 reads
A Supermarket in Keighley
First published on April 11, 2012 - 13:43 | 336 reads
Epigraph
First published on March 29, 2012 - 14:52 | 346 reads
Don Paterson Didn't Eat His Venison
First published on March 18, 2012 - 18:30 | 334 reads
The Secret Life of Dragonflies
First published on February 29, 2012 - 19:02 | 574 reads
My Bookcase, 4am
First published on February 12, 2012 - 15:28 | 365 reads
Smoking in the Bath (A Pantoum)
First published on January 27, 2012 - 15:48 | 422 reads
I read Bukowski and Neruda in the early hours
First published on January 22, 2012 - 16:33 | 615 reads
The Underground Is So Mainstream
First published on January 8, 2012 - 15:50 | 382 reads
The Immaculate Accident
First published on January 1, 2012 - 15:43 | 457 reads
And Other Acts of Masochism
First published on December 29, 2011 - 14:26 | 351 reads
The Last Liberal Democrat
First published on December 12, 2011 - 16:15 | 482 reads
Misanthropist isn't in my predictive text.
First published on November 29, 2011 - 17:42 | 520 reads
Thank God I Didn’t Inherit My Father’s Nose
First published on November 22, 2011 - 17:59 | 504 reads
A Study in South Street
First published on November 6, 2011 - 16:48 | 376 reads
Pour A Little Salt, We Were Never Here
First published on October 20, 2011 - 18:16 | 468 reads
On Turning Twenty
First published on October 7, 2011 - 16:28 | 489 reads
A List of Things I Would Do to James McAvoy
First published on September 22, 2011 - 22:26 | 717 reads
Unexpected Intrusions of Beauty
First published on September 9, 2011 - 22:02 | 759 reads
Dali's Clock
First published on August 21, 2011 - 17:43 | 841 reads
Alors, On Danse
First published on August 4, 2011 - 17:50 | 679 reads
Bad Writing Prize (Inspiration Point)
First published on August 2, 2011 - 23:02 | 379 reads
There Will Be No Other End of the World
First published on July 10, 2011 - 20:43 | 562 reads
Wind Chimes in North America
First published on June 26, 2011 - 19:03 | 999 reads
Lindsay
First published on June 9, 2011 - 19:26 | 496 reads
Learning Curve
First published on May 22, 2011 - 19:59 | 1100 reads
Our Conspiracy of Flightlessness
First published on May 2, 2011 - 16:53 | 1087 reads
Who's Afraid of Pablo Neruda?
First published on April 10, 2011 - 16:12 | 791 reads
Always Summer
First published on March 29, 2011 - 11:57 | 712 reads
Reading at the Lowe Library
First published on March 22, 2011 - 19:19 | 752 reads
Miles to Go Before I Sleep
First published on March 7, 2011 - 14:02 | 872 reads
We're All Mad Here
First published on February 28, 2011 - 21:19 | 597 reads
Hide and Seek
First published on February 21, 2011 - 17:44 | 858 reads
Postscript
First published on January 20, 2011 - 13:05 | 684 reads
Homesickness
First published on January 7, 2011 - 00:31 | 634 reads
A Home-coming
First published on December 28, 2010 - 19:59 | 630 reads
Coming Home
First published on December 19, 2010 - 16:57 | 624 reads
Full Stop.
First published on December 9, 2010 - 17:54 | 661 reads
First Snow
First published on November 30, 2010 - 11:18 | 666 reads
After You
First published on November 17, 2010 - 11:57 | 818 reads
Anniversary
First published on November 12, 2010 - 02:30 | 617 reads
Hall of Mirrors (Durham Ramblings)
First published on November 7, 2010 - 15:39 | 574 reads
Donnian
First published on November 2, 2010 - 16:53 | 716 reads
Simon Armitage at the Gala Theatre
First published on October 24, 2010 - 19:14 | 742 reads
Foreign Country
First published on October 17, 2010 - 18:00 | 801 reads
Relic
First published on October 11, 2010 - 16:03 | 723 reads
First Letter Home
First published on October 5, 2010 - 13:45 | 687 reads
Le Grand Départ
First published on September 29, 2010 - 21:34 | 706 reads
These Are The Days
First published on September 26, 2010 - 17:36 | 679 reads
Unbreakable
First published on September 14, 2010 - 14:32 | 772 reads
Our Love
First published on September 6, 2010 - 10:24 | 1008 reads
Unclaimed
First published on August 29, 2010 - 21:00 | 765 reads
Simplicity (Inspiration Point)
First published on August 18, 2010 - 10:49 | 842 reads
Forgetting
First published on August 15, 2010 - 22:01 | 767 reads
Disenchanted
First published on August 10, 2010 - 18:03 | 812 reads
End Point
First published on August 3, 2010 - 12:53 | 831 reads
Warning
First published on July 5, 2010 - 14:35 | 1092 reads
Shadowless
First published on June 29, 2010 - 15:15 | 800 reads
Libra
First published on June 21, 2010 - 11:41 | 752 reads
Maladaptive Coping Behaviour
First published on June 14, 2010 - 15:47 | 807 reads
Amnesia
First published on June 8, 2010 - 14:57 | 986 reads
Lucid Dreams In Moscow
First published on May 26, 2010 - 16:30 | 757 reads
Ton Autre Amour
First published on May 19, 2010 - 16:10 | 805 reads
The Prodigals
First published on April 27, 2010 - 18:43 | 817 reads
"Verboten"
First published on April 15, 2010 - 10:45 | 805 reads
Ritardando
First published on April 7, 2010 - 21:15 | 844 reads
Summer
First published on March 30, 2010 - 13:58 | 911 reads
Supernova
First published on March 24, 2010 - 20:24 | 811 reads
Captive
First published on March 15, 2010 - 11:55 | 824 reads
An Insomniac's Dawn
First published on March 8, 2010 - 16:57 | 947 reads
Block
First published on February 15, 2010 - 15:04 | 807 reads
Dreaming Spires
First published on February 8, 2010 - 16:42 | 923 reads
Post-Trauma
First published on February 1, 2010 - 17:29 | 1023 reads
Inner Demons
First published on January 25, 2010 - 16:34 | 892 reads
Clean Slate
First published on January 19, 2010 - 17:58 | 759 reads
Untouchable
First published on January 12, 2010 - 19:34 | 887 reads
Losing It
First published on January 5, 2010 - 13:42 | 915 reads
Dream
First published on December 27, 2009 - 22:17 | 900 reads
The Muse Transplant
First published on December 10, 2009 - 16:14 | 944 reads
Othello (Inspiration Point)
First published on November 27, 2009 - 00:19 | 1113 reads
Remainders
First published on October 26, 2009 - 16:37 | 997 reads
Paper, Scissors, Rock
First published on October 19, 2009 - 15:49 | 948 reads
Wound
First published on October 5, 2009 - 15:06 | 928 reads
Eva
First published on September 30, 2009 - 16:16 | 997 reads
You Are
First published on September 23, 2009 - 21:52 | 1021 reads
Abomination
First published on September 14, 2009 - 15:37 | 1034 reads
Perpendicular
First published on September 9, 2009 - 15:04 | 1225 reads
Meaning
First published on August 28, 2009 - 12:43 | 946 reads
Anticipation
First published on August 19, 2009 - 10:48 | 919 reads
Blossoming
First published on August 4, 2009 - 11:21 | 1226 reads
Something to Say
First published on July 29, 2009 - 15:44 | 953 reads
Diminuendo
First published on July 7, 2009 - 20:22 | 1151 reads
Aftermath
First published on July 2, 2009 - 19:41 | 911 reads
Une Nuit Blanche
First published on June 28, 2009 - 13:38 | 1244 reads
I Remember
First published on June 23, 2009 - 18:55 | 912 reads
Growing Apart
First published on June 15, 2009 - 15:31 | 1208 reads
Spoils of War
First published on June 1, 2009 - 16:16 | 905 reads
Talking About The Weather
First published on May 21, 2009 - 17:51 | 983 reads
Wordsworth's Secret
First published on May 12, 2009 - 13:01 | 1112 reads
Quarter to Zero Hour
First published on May 7, 2009 - 17:34 | 1103 reads
When You Left
First published on April 27, 2009 - 18:37 | 962 reads
Drummer Boy
First published on April 21, 2009 - 14:13 | 1030 reads
The Radio
First published on April 8, 2009 - 09:57 | 983 reads
Writing Poetry
First published on April 2, 2009 - 12:10 | 1006 reads
This Poet's Hands
First published on March 30, 2009 - 21:33 | 976 reads
The Equinox Parade
First published on March 25, 2009 - 18:15 | 1382 reads
Demands
First published on March 23, 2009 - 18:21 | 970 reads
The Cuckoo's Nest
First published on March 18, 2009 - 17:15 | 910 reads
We Rowed
First published on March 16, 2009 - 18:04 | 964 reads
Body Language
First published on March 9, 2009 - 17:06 | 1094 reads
Friendly Fire
First published on February 26, 2009 - 12:21 | 1325 reads
Tuesday's Child
First published on February 23, 2009 - 16:03 | 1006 reads
Intensive Care
First published on February 18, 2009 - 15:49 | 1007 reads
Seventeen Going On Twenty-Five
First published on February 12, 2009 - 16:44 | 1239 reads
February
First published on February 9, 2009 - 16:06 | 1055 reads
Birds, Bees and Butteflies
First published on February 3, 2009 - 14:57 | 1019 reads
Writing Home
First published on January 28, 2009 - 17:20 | 1059 reads
Peter Pan Poems
First published on January 26, 2009 - 16:30 | 3881 reads
Until Spring
First published on January 22, 2009 - 17:22 | 1002 reads
Resolutions
First published on January 19, 2009 - 16:58 | 1020 reads
Acceptance
First published on December 6, 2008 - 11:06 | 1225 reads
Ritual
First published on December 6, 2008 - 11:05 | 1049 reads
A History Student Speaks About the Holocaust
First published on December 3, 2008 - 16:52 | 1089 reads
Poet, Heal Thyself
First published on November 29, 2008 - 11:43 | 1153 reads
A Little Dream of Me
First published on November 24, 2008 - 21:38 | 1239 reads
Dark Orchid (A Poem for Baby P)
First published on November 21, 2008 - 16:06 | 1491 reads
No Evil
First published on November 15, 2008 - 14:42 | 1089 reads
Do Poppies Grow at Auschwitz?
First published on November 15, 2008 - 14:16 | 1326 reads
Remembrance
First published on November 9, 2008 - 10:01 | 1085 reads
Conversation With My Thirteen-Year-Old Self
First published on November 6, 2008 - 10:28 | 1098 reads
Lipstick On Your Collar
First published on November 1, 2008 - 19:14 | 1130 reads
Henryk
First published on October 27, 2008 - 10:51 | 1084 reads
What was it like?
First published on October 24, 2008 - 19:59 | 1053 reads
The Survivor
First published on October 20, 2008 - 15:03 | 1031 reads
Guardian Angel (Revised)
First published on October 18, 2008 - 10:15 | 1104 reads
Siren
First published on October 15, 2008 - 17:34 | 1138 reads
Icarus
First published on October 13, 2008 - 20:20 | 1143 reads
Pear-Shaped
First published on October 6, 2008 - 21:45 | 1124 reads
Pandora
First published on September 26, 2008 - 15:05 | 1095 reads
Flatliner
First published on September 25, 2008 - 20:08 | 1083 reads
The Fortune Teller
First published on September 20, 2008 - 21:50 | 1157 reads
Indigo and Gold
First published on September 20, 2008 - 21:33 | 1143 reads
Queen of Hearts
First published on September 18, 2008 - 21:39 | 1136 reads
Under My Skin
First published on September 17, 2008 - 21:28 | 1119 reads
Before I say I Love You
First published on September 15, 2008 - 18:15 | 2733 reads
Perfection
First published on September 7, 2008 - 10:33 | 1139 reads
Flashbacks
First published on September 7, 2008 - 10:18 | 1092 reads
The Poet Who Fell in Love
First published on September 2, 2008 - 17:54 | 1170 reads
The Day the Poetry Stopped
First published on September 2, 2008 - 17:53 | 1136 reads
The Condemned
First published on September 2, 2008 - 17:51 | 1095 reads
Anything to Forget
First published on August 29, 2008 - 11:08 | 1056 reads
This Prison
First published on August 29, 2008 - 11:06 | 1194 reads
The Pianist
First published on August 22, 2008 - 12:50 | 1201 reads
Rain in July
First published on August 20, 2008 - 12:01 | 1108 reads
Bittersweet
First published on August 20, 2008 - 11:58 | 1178 reads
Beauty?
First published on August 20, 2008 - 11:54 | 1137 reads
Unidentified Falling Object
First published on August 13, 2008 - 21:09 | 1344 reads
i miss u.
First published on August 13, 2008 - 21:07 | 1321 reads
Juliet
First published on August 13, 2008 - 21:05 | 1077 reads
Love is Blind
First published on July 31, 2008 - 09:41 | 1036 reads
Through the Bars
First published on July 31, 2008 - 09:38 | 1110 reads
Fallen Angel
First published on July 28, 2008 - 17:33 | 1107 reads
Infatuation
First published on July 22, 2008 - 11:34 | 1187 reads
Writer's Block
First published on July 19, 2008 - 11:42 | 1097 reads
Harvey
First published on July 18, 2008 - 11:21 | 1122 reads
Murphy's Law
First published on July 18, 2008 - 11:19 | 1043 reads
The Softest Music
First published on July 18, 2008 - 11:17 | 1185 reads
The Bully
First published on July 12, 2008 - 17:34 | 1120 reads
Loosen My Grip
First published on July 8, 2008 - 11:19 | 1406 reads
Moving On
First published on July 8, 2008 - 11:18 | 1160 reads
This Business
First published on July 7, 2008 - 12:29 | 1109 reads
Euphoria
First published on July 7, 2008 - 12:27 | 1112 reads
Enigma
First published on July 4, 2008 - 11:47 | 1134 reads
Revelation
First published on July 2, 2008 - 15:08 | 1137 reads
Cursed
First published on July 2, 2008 - 15:05 | 1275 reads
A Cautionary Tale
First published on July 2, 2008 - 15:03 | 1117 reads
Hospital Bed Diaries
First published on July 2, 2008 - 15:01 | 1188 reads
Curiosity and the Cat
First published on July 2, 2008 - 14:59 | 1170 reads
Guardian Angel
First published on July 2, 2008 - 14:57 | 1155 reads
Insomnia
First published on July 2, 2008 - 14:54 | 1175 reads
Erin
First published on July 2, 2008 - 14:52 | 1184 reads
Somewhere Only We Know
First published on July 2, 2008 - 14:49 | 1138 reads
Eden
First published on July 2, 2008 - 14:47 | 1320 reads
Half-Light
First published on July 2, 2008 - 14:43 | 1298 reads
Star Struck
First published on July 2, 2008 - 14:41 | 1211 reads