I Have Measured Out My Life In Coffee Spoons

(after t. s. eliot)

in laddered tights

and clementine peel

pinched between emerald fingernails

in broken spines which adorn my bookshelf

and bruised ribs tender with laughter

in the soft hiss of an egg against a hot pan

and the gentle scratch of a pencil against

the pages of my favourite book

in postage stamps pressed into corners

and sundresses draped over sun-warmed skin

and in a tapestry made from every poem

i’ve shredded

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Daisy Richardson is a 19-year-old writer and English Literature student at Newcastle University. Currently in her second year, she is hoping to specialise in modern feminist literature as well as continuing to develop her writing in poetry and prose. She loves all things literature and gets a lot of inspiration from her favourite texts and music!