In We Will Be Gone Soon, I Promise, Emma McKenzie reflects on a fraught summer spent in a Devon cottage amid family upheaval and personal exhaustion. As her youngest daughter faces the anxiety of starting secondary school and the family grapples with health issues, the pressure of life manifests in tense drives down narrow country lanes.
We Will Be Gone Soon, I Promise
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Shattered
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In Destiny’s haiku "Shattered," the fleeting nature of time is poignantly captured through vivid imagery and emotional depth. This chained haiku contemplates the wish to ...
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