History of Present Complaint[Poetry] After a traumatic psychotic episode, a woman recounts past psychiatric crises in an attempt to make sense of her life.Close to the Bone, 2021
HLR
HLR (she/her) is a prize-winning poet, working-class writer and professional editor from North London.
Author of History of Present Complaint (Close to the Bone) and Portrait of the Poet as a Hot Mess (Ghost City Press).
London, United Kingdom
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Selected work (8 publications)
Notebook Fragments: 2018-2022Real entries from my diaries. Content warnings: Mental illness, suicidality, self-harm, disordered eating, addiction, death, sexual assault.
creative nonfiction
memoir
non-fiction
mental illness
When I First BledThis poem was a commended winner of The Poetry Society's National Poetry Competition 2021.
poetry
CreepWe chain-smoked, danced to punk rock, ran fucking
riot, smashed up bars & cars. You punched a guy
who looked at me & I thought, “Wow, he really loves me.”
poetry
prosetry
Savage'and really, I just want you to know
that I am so fucking sorry.'
poetry
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