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I have 128 stories published in 11 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 80540 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

Would You Like That With Rice Sir?

'Would you like that with rice sir?' I don't know why I'm bothering to be polite. He hasn't made the effort to even look at me. He's picking his nose...

The Death of Love

He took a sword to love Smiled as he carved her like a Sunday roast Thin slices that were fed to the dogs of lust And then afterwards he felt hungry...

Stop

Arrest this love! I demand the immediate Cessation of feeling Wanting, needing Lock it up Throw the key Into the deepest drain I'm disinclined To...
Cherry

My Grandmother's Voice

I would give anything to hear my grandmother's voice again
Cherry

q - cured of love

I'm twenty-three and I'm done with it.

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