This is my experimental homage to minor key songs songs. You can hear my very dodgy guitar playing in the background (motor skill issues these days) — see if you can name that tune.

Playlist has been added.

#Poetry #Poem #Music

https://open.substack.com/pub/suswatibasu/p/a-minor-key?r=5rxnp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

I haven’t written in a while. This is why. Do you ever feel the same?

#Poetry #Poem #mentalhealth

https://open.substack.com/pub/suswatibasu/p/crippling?r=5rxnp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

This story was inspired by an actual creepy Wi-Fi name I found on my phone! I've included the picture. I also wanted to explore mixing genres (see if you can spot them) and stretch my writing muscles.

https://open.substack.com/pub/suswatibasu/p/wi-fright?r=5rxnp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

#Writing #story #creativity #horror #comedy

I’ve been away recovering, as my various comorbidities caught up with me and caused me to be very sick. Among the many minor ones, I’m pre-diabetic and have IBS, so I have a very complicated relationship with food.

https://open.substack.com/pub/suswatibasu/p/hunger?r=5rxnp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

#Poetry #Poem #Disability

This is kind of a bonkers story, which I needed to get out of my system. It is based on something true, which happened earlier today. Names, places, and identifying details have been changed. The ending has also been altered.

https://open.substack.com/pub/suswatibasu/p/big-bad-wolf?r=5rxnp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

#Creative #Writing #CreativeToots

I've been thinking about this for a while, especially as it was Earth Day this week. This was inspired by historian Peter Frankopan's book, The Earth Transformed, where he discusses how we're currently facing the Sixth Extinction.

https://open.substack.com/pub/suswatibasu/p/mass-extinction-event?r=5rxnp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

#Poetry #Poem #Climate #ClimateChange #EarthDay

A super quick poem, prompted by fellow Substack writers this week about our greatest fears.

https://open.substack.com/pub/suswatibasu/p/acrostic-fear?r=5rxnp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

#substack #Poetry #fear #Poem

The idea for the poem came from a conversation I had with the author Noreen Masud, who wrote the Women's Prize-nominated book “A Flat Place,” about whether recovery is truly possible in our climate.

https://open.substack.com/pub/suswatibasu/p/theres-no-such-thing-as-okay?r=5rxnp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

#Poetry #mentalHealth #Climate

Happy Saturday! I wrote this fun poem after listening to an audiobook and hearing a word that sounded wrong to my ear. There are so many obsolete words in the English language, so I’ve added a dictionary at the end.

https://open.substack.com/pub/suswatibasu/p/your-mind-is-in-the-gutter?r=5rxnp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

#Poetry #Poem

This petition to stop planned benefit cuts needs 10,000 signatures for the government to respond.

If you sign, please remember to check your email and confirm so it goes through

#Disability #disabled #benefits #labour #uklabour

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/721547