Pillow thoughts
2016
- love poetry
- australian poetry
- lesbians
- interpersonal relations
- poetry
- poetry (poetic works by one author)
The story
Pillow Thoughts is a collection of poetry and prose about heartbreak, love, and raw emotions. it is divided into sections to read when you feel you need them most. make a cup of tea and let yourself feel.
What it’s like
Short, intimate lines set in a lot of white space, with the quiet, unfussy voice of someone talking late at night: a cup of tea going cold beside you, a lamp left on, the room otherwise still. The sensibility is tender and confessional, cycling between ache and gentle tenderness, with sections meant to be dipped into rather than read straight through. Its vibe is soft melancholy and bittersweet hope, the feeling of being understood by a friend who has also been hurt. It suits a rainy Sunday, a sleepless night alone, or the bed after a breakup, when a page or two at a time feels right. Heartbreak and love are the subject, handled through honest, sometimes raw emotion, with no violence and little that is explicit; romantic and queer relationships appear as lived experience rather than spectacle. Pacing is brief and fragmentary, with each poem or prose piece standing alone, and the emotional arc moves from loss toward self-recognition. It is for readers who want poetry that feels like a confidant, gentle without being saccharine, and who are happy to sit with their own feelings for a while.
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