Shona Hawkes



flag

this flag is a gun that spits out soldiers instead of bullets and I don’t know how to make peace with my weaponised mind or these feet that fear the dirt or this tongue that won’t trust river water I …

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lost

as kids we danced in circles, holding hands the gentle tug of arms would ripple so we fell inwards and outwards, groggy with the game of gravity, inwards and outwards, and if we fell the circle would catch us you …

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Deserts and Promises

My people make deserts and promises. I can live quite beautifully in words assembled and disassembled so easily, as if we conquered the world with riddles. I once lived on an island with no word for thank-you, this is the …

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