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Victoria is currently working on a trans-disciplinary PhD* in
Language, Translation, and Performance

I use writing as a way to understand myself and the world around me; I write to connect, not to delineate. I am intrigued by the world of silence in and around us and its role in transformation. Informed by the fields of identity, voice and translation, my aim is to point to something bigger and beyond ourselves. 

Have a look at my Explorations, which evolve from my coaching, collaborations and research. I am always open to ideas for collaborative projects, just drop me a message on my contact page.

*funded by the South West and Wales Doctoral Training Partnership
from The Universities of Bristol and Exeter

Poetry Publications:


Winner ~ Candlestick Press Christmas Stories Competition 2022
3rd Place ~ Guernsey International Poetry Competition 2022, CI Category

Longlisted ~ Dai Fry Prize, Black Bough Poetry

Longlisted ~ Black Cat Poetry Press Competition
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Translations and poems published in Poetry, Mslexia, Magma, Gods and Monsters (Pan Macmillan: 2023), Reliquiae, Poetrishy, One Hand Clapping, The Gravity of the Thing, Otis Nebula, and others. Forthcoming in Under the Radar, Nature Anthology Nine Pens, Clarion, and Motherlore.
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Live vocalist in Air Poems in the Key of Voice, a radical British Sign Language translation project, performed at Ledbury and Bristol Poetry Festivals

Aren't they beautiful? So mysterious. Take me to the lagoon. The Bath ~ after Keith Wilson's Impressions of a rib, inspired by @ameliadaydreams' gorgeous Leopard Bathing painting. First published in One Hand Clapping earlier this year 💙 #leopa
I love cormorants. How they make a crag into a home, lay eggs in wild places, dive from the cliff face and pull up low over the sea, bob along like buoys and dive like plumblines. This poem was published in the summer by The Gravity of the Thing, a
Kestrel ~ I love these birds, and their hovering, light, aerodynamic skyowning. I am so excited that this poem won 3rd place in the Guernsey International Poetry Competition, Channel Islands Category, earlier this year✨ It will be displayed on one o
The second half of the year has begun ✨ A while ago @amykaypoetry shared a prompt to write a blessing. I have sat on it for ages, waiting. Here. I think we all need goodness and love to follow us through our lives, so we can live whole. Go well..
* No paintings were destroyed in the writing of this poem * Always thought Mona must get a bit bored stuck on a wall being stared at. No real conversation, no opportunity to mingle. Just sit there, demure, and let everyone look at you. First line f
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