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Tag: ME/CFS

Bones come at sundown

February 12, 2021February 3, 2021 Constance Bourg
White or gray, thin as needles or like the timbers of a shipwreck, bones come at sundown.

This post is part of my book-long erasure poetry and collage project on Tove Jansson’s The Summer Book.

Posted in Collage, PoetryTagged chronic illness, Collage, erasure poetry, longcovid, ME/CFS, Poetry

It rises; it dies

January 29, 2021January 27, 2021 Constance Bourg
It rises, it doesn't rise, it dies; a wilderness of growth entwined in battle or in love.
It rises, it doesn’t rise, it dies; a wilderness of growth entwined in battle or in love.

This post is part of my book-long erasure poetry and collage project on Tove Jansson’s The Summer Book.

Posted in Collage, PoetryTagged chronic illness, Collage, erasure poetry, longcovid, ME/CFS, Poetry, the summer book, tove jansson

Balance

January 9, 2021January 6, 2021 Constance Bourg2 Comments
It tried to grow directly into the teeth of every storm, crouched and twisted, the balance between survival and extinction so delicate.

This post is part of my book-long erasure poetry and collage project on Tove Jansson’s The Summer Book.

Posted in Collage, PoetryTagged chronic illness, Collage, erasure poetry, isolation poetry, longcovid, ME/CFS, Poetry, the summer book, tove jansson

New Poem @ Blanket Sea

February 28, 2020February 28, 2020 Constance Bourg

reception_deskVisit Blanket Sea to read or listen to my new poem “Please Pay at the Reception Desk on Your Way Out”, a poem that describes the experience of trying to get medical support for ME/CFS.

Posted in News, PoetryTagged chronic illness, indiepoetry, ME/CFS, Poetry

New poem in Rogue Agent journal

February 3, 2020February 2, 2020 Constance Bourg

image shows a concrete wall, half-tiled with green tiles. Text reads: new poem, The Trip Up.The Trip Up is a poem about feeling different because of a chronic illness. When people find out, or when you tell them, reactions are mostly uncomfortable. In one moment you become “an other” and people become unsure around you.

You can read the poem here in the latest issue of Rogue Agent.

Posted in News, PoetryTagged chronic illness, health, ME/CFS, otherness, Poetry
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