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Our Missing History

A poem to mark Pride Month We have always been here. Both in fact and in fiction.Scattered in fragments through time. History is written by the victorFacts etched in stone by those in powerIs it any wonder that our past is missing? From The Satyricon’s Encolpius and GitonTo Heartstopper’s Charlie and NickLike the Emperor Hadrian…

Richard Kish holding a copy of 30: A Year or Poems in front of Nottingham's Sky Mirror

A Poem A Day For A Year Leads To New Poetry Collection

East Midlands-based writer, Richard Kish, has this month released his second poetry collection called ‘30: A Year of Poems’. In 2022, the writer wrote a poem a day for a month resulting in the collection, July. 30: A Year of Poems is a spiritual successor with a poem written every day for an entire year…

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The 2024 Plan

My goal for 2023 did not happen. In fact, I hardly touched my second novel the entire year. In part this was I expect down to my continued struggles with depression, in part it was due to rehearsing for another show, in part it was because I found myself in a new and exciting relationship,…

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Goals for 2023

It’s a new year and it’s time for me to set myself a new set of goals. But this time, I’ve decided to go a bit simpler and rather than giving myself five goals to complete, I’m giving myself one. It’s been an on-going goal for the last three years and I’ve just made so…

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Reflecting on 2022

I don’t seem to be having much luck lately. 2020 was bad. 2021 was awful. Now 2022 has continued the train of bad years. There have been wonderful moments, and those moments have been truly wonderful, but more generally I’ve just had a really rubbish year. It started off so well and then just went…