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Carla Dawn Dunlap – She s writing poetry and creating visual art works before she ever went to school. Her love for poetry has never wained throughout her life. In her mid teens she began writing seriously and to this day the Poetry & Prose which she shares with the world are considered highly spiritual and sacred to her.

Gossamer strings

weaving between

emptiness,

the lace

slides

beneath needles

as I stitch air

into beauty.

I was inspired to right this after watching a recent episode of New Girl with the theme of acting like a grown up and what that actually means. In my opinion all of the characters are ridiculously and hilariously immature. So is the proof you are an adult in the things you have i.e. a mortgage, a car, a pension is it in the way you act i.e. admitting you are all having a crappy night out and just want to go home and watch your favourite box set together?

My 30th birthday do was meant to be a big night out in town but people cancelled as they were skint or self conscious of going to bars on a Friday night or working an early shift in the morning. It ended up being just the five of us at home with Spotify as the DJ and a few bowls…

Cicadas beat birds

Started chirping before dawn

Sap will be sweeter