Writing

Selected Poetry

‘The way you say pen’, Faber’s Poem of the Week
‘The Maelstrom’ and ‘Exit Interview’ in Callaloo
‘The Cottage’ in Granta
‘Sigma’ in The London Magazine
‘The Redemption of Vanity’ in Oxford Poetry
‘Path of Least Resilience’ in a cough of pollen: Winchester Poetry Prize 2023 anthology (First Prize in the Winchester Poetry Prize 2023)
‘Watermelon’ and ‘Reader, I Married Him’ in Wet Grain
‘burst me into song’ in Propel Magazine and The Propel Anthology: 2022–2024
‘The Scarecrow’, ‘Run Against the Wind’, and ‘The Doppler Effect’ in Lolwe
‘Chiaroscuro’ in bath magg / Faber’s Poem of the Week
‘Turkish Delight’ in The London Magazine (Second Prize in The London Magazine Poetry Prize 2022)
‘Ahead Only’ in Creative Writing Anthology 2022 (Aesthetica Magazine) (shortlisted for the Aesthetica Creative Writing Award 2022)
‘PG Tips’ in Oxford Brookes Poetry Centre’s Poem of the Week series (shortlisted for the 2020 Bridport Prize)
‘Finding my dad in a can of baked beans ‘ and ‘Can I throw this one away and start again?’ in harana poetry
‘Plantain’ in We’ve Done Nothing Wrong. We’ve Nothing To Hide (Verve Poetry Press) (Commended in the 2020 Verve Festival Poetry Competition)
‘Blouse an Skirt’ in The Caribbean Writer (Winner of the 2019 Vincent Cooper Literary Prize)

On Camonghne Felix, Sarah Schulman, and Rachel Kuo, Jaimee A Swift & TD Tso for Wasafiri
On June Jordan, Wanda Coleman, and Rita Dove for the Times Literary Supplement
On Anthony Vahni Capildeo and Will Alexander for The Poetry Review
On Togara Muzanenhamo for The Poetry School
On Gregory Leadbetter, Sasha Dugdale, and Phoebe Stuckes for Magma
On Shivanee Ramlochan and Safiya Sinclair for harana poetry