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LATEST NEWS I won the arts disability culture magazine Twisted Valentine competition in 2008 with my poem, (which is unfortunately formatting itself in double spacing, apologies if it's hard on the eyes, and I've had to alter the punctuation as anything other than full stops and commas comes out as gibberish) Falling - Falling I love I love people speak the words to ward off loneliness as if it is fun make themselves vulnerable exposing their throat to be kissed or cut laughing at jokes winding hair around fingers gazing into eyes that reflect nothing but what they want to see an insanity of mind and body a chemical reaction nothing more still I love I love I love you please love me back. I came 3rd in the Charnwood Arts Miniverse Competition with - Things I have been addicted to Dieting Throwing up Smoking Cough syrup Nicotine gum Buying stuff on E-bay Selling stuff on E-bay Telling the truth Cups of tea Alcohol Telling lies Therapy Hiding pain Blending in Standing out Glitter Solitude Company CSI Bridget Jones Cutting Healing High heels and Dr Martens.
and I was highly commended in the ABC Tales New Writing Season Competition with Tranquillized - Tranquillized My clothes are buttoned wrong. They say I do it myself in a fugue state, but this is no toccata and I am no Vanessa Mae. They lie. I see them when I am asleep pulling at my clothes while I hover by the ceiling. I have yet to master the art of swimming through concrete, so am just as trapped out of my body as when I am in my head. The straps that bind me snatch at my soul staple it to the sheets Sellotape it to my medication. I am thinking of writing to the Queen to ask the one with curly hair to intervene on my behalf and maybe play Let Me Out to free me from this room. The ceiling needs painting but I am only allowed felt tips and I cannot have scissors to cut the umbilical cord keeping me here in reality. I have an appointment to go flying with Richard Branson but they will not let me leave or die and there are people here who scream and fight but I just float, hoping that they will leave a window open. so 2008 was a good year for poetry! |
***Latest news*** Crazy Lady (Without the Cats) is now available from WHSmith's website at http://www.whsmith.co.uk - just type the title into the search box! Living Without Marbles now available in paperback from Chipmunka Pubishing. Sponsored by the Arts Council, with updated mental health contacts. **** |
Clare HillPresents Crazy Lady (Without The Cats) The follow-up to Living Without Marbles Information on mental health, poetry, stories, narrative, and some quite funny bits! Available from www.lulu.com/clarehill now paperback priced $12, which is roughly 6.99 sterling (I can't get a pound sign!) Now available in hardcover for $25 - under 15 quid, wot a bargain! Be sure to choose Supersaver Shipping when ordering goods totalling $25 dollars or more from Lulu. It takes a while, but the shipping is free.
Living Without Marbles By Clare Hill ISBN 1 904697 50 X Available from A book about surviving mental illness and not giving up. I wrote Living Without Marbles after being diagnosed with bipolar affective disorder and my moms death by overdose. The book provides an offbeat but insightful look into the workings of my unique mind! My main interests lie in changing the perceptions that people have of mental health service users, and providing some comfort to others who, like me, may be facing the challenges that living with mental health problems brings. I guess my main message (ahh, sounding suspiciously like a self-help guru again!) is that, if I can get up and face life head-on (well, sometimes, anyway!) then so can you, dear reader, so can you. Clare Hill Living Without Marbles is available as an e book from www.chipmunkapublishing.com/ebooks.htm#livingwithoutmarbles
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Have a wander around my site, you will find published and unpublished work, pictures, information on mental health and creativity, and useful links. Enjoy your stay.
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| clarehill@blueyonder.co.uk | 10-01-2009 |