Substack: Mud and Starlight

Dear readers, I know I do not update this website very often any more. I am not good at being consistent. But more than that, I find WordPress honestly not the easiest to navigate in terms of finding content that appeals to me and people to connect with. And, perhaps following from that, it’s never…

Murmurations – the blog tour!

Today marks the beginning of the blog tour for my poetry debut, Murmurations, with Love Books Tours. Over the course of the next week-and-a-bit, bloggers and bookstagrammers from the UK and the US will be posting their reviews. To read along, follow me on Instagram (@sarahcominghome). I hope and expect that the reviews will also…

Poem: Natural habitat

Another post and a new (for you) poem to celebrate the release of my book, which can be bought here. This was one of those poems that came to me in its entirety while I was out walking in the woods. You never know when inspiration might strike… YT link: https://youtu.be/qApeVXfhjRE Natural habitat Here, we…

Updates: poetry reading, book release and newsletter delay

Things have gotten a little crazy with the whole book release and poetry reading thing the past few weeks. I was initially planning on sending out my next newsletter round about today (the 15th of Feb), but I don’t want to half-arse it, and I’ve been too busy not to, lately. I’m still aiming to…

Poem: A normal butterfly + debut poetry collection

An old (but unpublished) poem to announce a new and exciting development: On the 26th of February 2024, my debut poetry collection, Murmurations, will be available for purchase (and I will turn 42, thereby becoming the answer to life, the universe and everything ;-).  In fact you can already pre-order the e-book here and the…

Poem: Where I Do Roam

YT link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCreXMosgA8 Ambling, rambling, tumbling, twirling I can see the sky is swirling Wispy cloudy tendrils curling Painting streaks across the sky Gazing up at it am I Call to me the birds who soar Beetles of the forest floor The chirp of crickets, nothing more Fields of barley, wheat and rye Gazing down…

Neurodiversity, high sensitivity, and autism spectrum disorder

By popular (?) request, here is my personal essay about neurodiversity that was also included in my March newsletter.  Disclaimer: I will primarily be discussing ASD in the low support needs category – previously referred to as “high functioning” and/or Asperger’s, as that’s where I fit in and it’s what I know most about. The…

A poem every day – week 8 / Birthday / Break

It has been an interesting experiment so far, and I’ve definitely written more poems in the past 8 weeks than in my life up to this point. I’ve also written at least 15 poems I think are good, which was as many as I had written in the past almost 3 years.  So, there is…

A poem every day – week 7

Whereas last week I felt I wrote several good poems, this week I feel like none have reached quite that level, though I do keep trying every day. February also seems to be whizzing by and there’s more stuff going on in general. Like today I am expecting my mum for a visit from Norway,…