Carol D'Souza

Murderously simple thing

“She rightly read the moment while I stumbled through a second-hand text.” – Jeanette Winterson   But second-hand texts lay…

By Carol D'Souza
April 5, 2021
Murderously simple thing
Three Poems: ‘Untitled’, ‘Alchemy’ & ‘Third date’
A photograph depicting two hands reaching towards each other, but not touching, in a darkened backdrop

He said ‘tender’ today/in such a way/I thought/I’d definitely like him saying/dirty things to me

By Carol D'Souza
February 1, 2022
Three Poems: ‘Untitled’, ‘Alchemy’ & ‘Third date’
Two Poems: ‘Only sometimes’ & ‘No filter’
Photo of a trees in a forest. There is little distance between the trees. At the centre is a singular tree with twisting and gnarly branches.
Sometimes my love is as expansive as the earth itself Patient None of the restlessness of a filly
By Carol D'Souza
May 3, 2022
Two Poems: ‘Only sometimes’ & ‘No filter’
Two Poems: ‘A room of one’s own’ & ‘Sunshine’
Photograph of the roots of a tree
You couldn’t begin to say the self Before someone helps you finish — Self-centred Self-serving Selfish
By Carol D'Souza
September 19, 2022
Two Poems: ‘A room of one’s own’ & ‘Sunshine’