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I have 128 stories published in 11 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 80112 times and 48 of my stories have been cherry picked.
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Emma du Toit

I have been regularly writing poetry for the last twenty years. My work explores the grief of having to fit in when you don't belong. I am interested in minute interactions, the magic of the everyday, peripheries and otherness. In 2023, I completed an MA in Creative Writing which has helped me to get better at submitting writing rather than hoarding it shamefully in a folder on my laptop. 

My stories

Cherry

She Tells Me That She Loves Me

I push my eyes into the corners of the room As I say That’s nice There’s a silence where I want to declare that I think of her constantly but the...
Cherry

She Tells Him That She Loves Him

He looks left with dilated pupils It’s not right That’s nice Hmm There’s a space where he usually inserts the kissing emoji and hopes she’ll forget...
Cherry

Non Fungible Token

Our souls have known each other since they were stardust I am of the universe You are heard; listen My hand touched yours Your eyes found mine You...

Valentine’s Day

Can I kiss you? He asks in the darkening car park By the puddles of oil-covered rain I rewound to the bench in the square To the way his eyes didn’t...
Cherry

Tarot

White light flickers In the sage-scented room She draws three cards Inhales through glittery teeth Silver charms wink from her wrists Angels in dark...

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