A Desire for DisasterKatie Proctor's third collection dives into the spectrum of human emotion using their emotive and painful creative voice.Hedgehog Poetry Press, 2022
Katie Proctor
Poet. 19. They/them. 3x award nominee. Author of SEASONS (2020), HELICOPTER HONEY (2022) & A DESIRE FOR DISASTER (2022). Editor of celestite poetry <3
Leeds, United Kingdom
Books
Selected work (4 publications)
I Met God Yesterday, She Was Wearing Leg Warmersi.
i met god yesterday, she was wearing leg warmers and i saw stars in her eyes. she bought me
a drink, peach tea and cloudberry cake, and asked me if i believed in anything holy.
poetry
Long PoemI look at my wrists and
their fluorescent veins that bloom like borderlines on a tissue
paper map, a long poem with a tenancy agreement stapled to
my skin. I love you, I think. It unravels, an emergency cord. I hear
it clatter on the tiles in...
poetry
Third Kiss, 18they love me, they love me not, they love me loud, five-ten and making a butterfly volcano out of my stomach. we’re abandoned-pool laughing / rollercoaster screaming and i have a prep school heart, fourteen’s sweet cheeks, ballet pumps, patent and...
prose poetry
"Say Less, We're Easy"In our do nothing kind of love, we could walk in the park, peaches and mango by the water, you’re sweet like strawberries and miles from tea with saccharine. I want you here to say you’re proud when I wash my hair, wrap me up in lilac and kiss me...
prose poetry
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