thirsty poems

Poetry doesn’t have to be written by lamplight.

In an attic.

With your own blood.

Live and direct from my IOS notes, Thirsty Poems explores themes of appetite, sexuality, and desire.

Prizes include:

Second place in the Heroica Poetry Prize 2024

Publications include:

Heroica Poetry Anthology

The Amphibian Literary Journal

T’art Press

BabyTeeth Arts

The Frame Zine

Left Brain Media

The Rromp

Recent live poetry readings include;

Spit London, Palacia de Poetas, Heroica, tARTtopia, Cannon Fodder, Rhymes & Stitches, Poetry LGBT.

For reading and event enquiries, please contact me here.

You can take the girl out of the show but you can’t take the show out of the girl!!!! My friends say they’re not poets and I would say they’re liars.
You can take the girl out of the show but you can’t take the show out of the girl!!!! My friends say they’re not poets and I would say they’re liars.
So it’s a series now I guess… To the man who called me a f&ck!ng Wh0r£ whilst I was cycling in my helmet and hi vis jacket $lutty diss poems are my only ammunition for dumb ass men. And it seems we have a lot of them (apart from Gary, we love you Gary). Performed at @poets_palace with @lauramarquino on improvised harp - can you even imagine? Turns out I’m headlining there in January so pls come back and maybe I’ll read some more of my letters about ppl that have annoyed me 🥰 Visuals @jhvisuals__ #spokenword #harp #londonpoet #poetryandmusic #lgbtpoetry #cycling #londoncyclist #roadrage #poetrynight #pagepoetry #writer #openmic
Love might be the only not trash we have. Such a beautiful time at the ‘it’s not a wedding but also kinda seems like a wedding’ for two of my loves in Walthamstow who have been together for more or less half my existence anyway but fuck it’s nice to celebrate things huh? I take commissions if I like you and what you stand for #poetry #spokenword #weddingpoem #highamspark #eastlondon #lovepoem #christmaslovepoem #wedding #pagepoet
Performing not in a waistcoat wtf was lucky enough to have my name pulled out the hat @spitnights the other week. The talent on that stage was flooring and it was a delight to stand in front of that beautifully fonted backdrop again. This was one of the first poems I ever performed. It’s nice to give it some grace again 3 yrs later when my life is much bigger and juicier and sexier than before when it had shrunk. Video @jhvisuals__ #poetry #spokenword #mentalhealth #octoberpoem #queerpoetry #openmic #londonpoetry #lgbtpoem
0121 do one Two of my best friends got married so I wrote them a love poem. I take commissions so if you want me to write you a saucy or not saucy wedding poem then hmu. #poetry #lovepoem #birminghamuni #birmingham #weddingpoem #weddingpoetry #poet #spokenword #writer
Trains are expensive tho!! Poster girl for channeling anger into writing slutty diss poems ❤️‍🔥 Thanks for letting me @spitnights on you 👾 📸by @tyronelewis22 so I guess I’ve made it now huh Next event @palaciadepoetas 3rd October #spokenword #poetry #openmic #londonnights #stansteadairport #lgbtqpoetry #liveperformance #poetryperformance #writer #
Fill in the blanks!!!! Took the @readaurore prompt and ran with it. Both of these were written on a 5 minute timer by the sea (if that wasn’t completely obvious) #poetry #seapoems #thirstypoems #lgbtq #lgbtpoetry #writingprompt
Fill in the blanks!!!! Took the @readaurore prompt and ran with it. Both of these were written on a 5 minute timer by the sea (if that wasn’t completely obvious) #poetry #seapoems #thirstypoems #lgbtq #lgbtpoetry #writingprompt
5 mins on saggy tits They’re always beautiful tbf but one of my favourite people set me 5 mins with this prompt. We wrote it on a cliff with a picnic and bottle of wine and yes that’s a jar of asparagus #poetry #cliffs #saggytitspoem
5 mins on saggy tits They’re always beautiful tbf but one of my favourite people set me 5 mins with this prompt. We wrote it on a cliff with a picnic and bottle of wine and yes that’s a jar of asparagus #poetry #cliffs #saggytitspoem #bodypositivy #journaling #writer #lgbtpoetry #thirstypoems
💲-lutty little 💲piral A snippet from some new work and also an insight into the noise of my 🌝brain 🌝 Personally think the ‘we’ve got you covered’ bit is one of the realist things I’ve ever written but might be alone in that If you can’t laugh at your own jokes tho seriously ur missing out FRFRFRFRFRFRFR #poetry #spokenword #lgbtpoetry #queerpoetry #lesbianpoetry #lesbianpoet #wlwpoetry #writer
Ate Some of my faves from the first bit of the year. ~coger y comer sin culpa ~I’m a fan ~the yellow kitchen ~our wives under the sea *top pick ~eileen ~the list ~Death Valley * top pick ~butter * top pick #books #reading #melissabrod
Ate Some of my faves from the first bit of the year. ~coger y comer sin culpa ~I’m a fan ~the yellow kitchen ~our wives under the sea *top pick ~eileen ~the list ~Death Valley * top pick ~butter * top pick #books #reading #melissabroder #butter #thelist #bookstagram
You can take the girl out of the show but you can’t take the show out of the girl!!!! My friends say they’re not poets and I would say they’re liars.
So it’s a series now I guess… To the man who called me a f&ck!ng Wh0r£ whilst I was cycling in my helmet and hi vis jacket $lutty diss poems are my only ammunition for dumb ass men. And it seems we have a lot of them (apart
Love might be the only not trash we have. Such a beautiful time at the ‘it’s not a wedding but also kinda seems like a wedding’ for two of my loves in Walthamstow who have been together for more or less half my existence anyway bu
Performing not in a waistcoat wtf was lucky enough to have my name pulled out the hat @spitnights the other week. The talent on that stage was flooring and it was a delight to stand in front of that beautifully fonted backdrop again. This was one
0121 do one Two of my best friends got married so I wrote them a love poem. I take commissions so if you want me to write you a saucy or not saucy wedding poem then hmu. #poetry #lovepoem #birminghamuni #birmingham #weddingpoem #weddingpoetry #p
Trains are expensive tho!! Poster girl for channeling anger into writing slutty diss poems ❤️‍🔥 Thanks for letting me @spitnights on you 👾 📸by @tyronelewis22 so I guess I’ve made it now huh Next event @palaciadepoetas 3rd October #
Fill in the blanks!!!! Took the @readaurore prompt and ran with it. Both of these were written on a 5 minute timer by the sea (if that wasn’t completely obvious) #poetry #seapoems #thirstypoems #lgbtq #lgbtpoetry #writingprompt 5 mins on saggy tits They’re always beautiful tbf but one of my favourite people set me 5 mins with this prompt. We wrote it on a cliff with a picnic and bottle of wine and yes that’s a jar of asparagus #poetry #cliffs #saggytitspoem
💲-lutty little 💲piral A snippet from some new work and also an insight into the noise of my 🌝brain 🌝 Personally think the ‘we’ve got you covered’ bit is one of the realist things I’ve ever written but might be alone in
Ate Some of my faves from the first bit of the year. ~coger y comer sin culpa ~I’m a fan ~the yellow kitchen ~our wives under the sea *top pick ~eileen ~the list ~Death Valley * top pick ~butter * top pick #books #reading #melissabrod

  • The Romp

    Read The Heron, Blues Skies are Coming, and Rome here

  • t'ART Press

    Read What I’d like ur profile to really lmk here

  • Watch

    Watch F*cking @ the fish counter here

  • Left Brain Media

    Read F*cking @ the fish counter, and I guess that’s love or some sh!t here