Single Broke Female: Poetry Collection

By Zarina Macha

Zarina Macha struggles to make ends meet as a writer and musician living in 21st century London. Hopping between part-time lovers and jobs, she lives off the charity of student loans and her mother.

One day, she decides to take a chance and self-publish her work, supposedly to charm her way onto people's bookshelves. Macha wants success, the good life and she's willing to struggle for it (although not kill or take over someone else's identity; that could get a little messy).

Above all, she wants to share her second poetry collection with those who may enjoy the wits and words she is able to twinkle. (Not to toot her own horn). Stepping into this strange world of independent authors, she embarks on a journey from which there is no going back…

• Language: English
• Publisher: Zarina Macha
• Release date: Jul 15, 2019
• ISBN: 9781916132672

Zarina Macha

Zarina Macha is an award-winning independent author of five books under her name. In 2021, her young adult novel Anne won the international Page Turner Book Award for fiction. She began publishing her work in 2018 while completing a degree in Songwriting and Creative Artistry from The Academy of Contemporary Music (ACM) in Guildford. Her three published YA fiction works are Every Last Psycho (2018), a compilation of two novellas that deal with heavy trauma and mental illness; Anne (2019), a coming-of-age novel about domestic violence, and Around Midnight (2020), a novel about an emotionally abusive teenage relationship. She has also published two poetry volumes; Art is a Waste of Time (2018) and Single Broke Female (2019). Both explore the essence of womanhood, including sexuality, femininity, and emotional angst. She regular performs her poetry at various functions in London, including Poetry Unplugged, the Farrago Slam, and the Global Fusion Music & Arts Spoken Word events. Macha also writes contemporary new adult romance under the pen name Diana Vale. Her Kirk University books are standalone stories about students who find love at university. This fictitious university is based on the real-life University of York in northern England where Macha briefly attended prior to ACM. Macha is most active on YouTube where she regularly uploads lively and informative content about her books, writing process, and day-to-day life. Visit her channel to stay updated on her work. She currently resides in her hometown of London, UK. Art is a Waste of Time is available to download for free (eBook only) via signing up to Macha's monthly newsletter: https://storyoriginapp.com/giveaways/4a955900-7b14-11ea-9fcc-f384d4e75ead

Book preview

Misery (stream of consciousness)

The mind

often wonders itself to misery

the worst

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time being at night

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when all is still and nought does stir.

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When all is quiet

the mind finds itself seeping

into

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twisted

gnarled

thoughts of doom and gloom

anger and frustration.

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A brilliant, quick-witted mind that does not mean to dwell on despair

that would not if it could not

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but insomniac-ridden with no sheen of entertainment

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it is cast to lie until

morning brings the fragments of the night

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before the light.

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January 2016

Blocked out of Heaven

Hal’s screen sneers obscene

At my frantic desperation.

Despite all best efforts, silent hisses

Pound their way into neurons

Fingers and head disconnect.

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Blank. Words appear then stop.

‘What next?’ whispers Hal, sniggering

He stifles a laugh, I swallow my pride

The story refuses to budge.

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‘It won’t write itself, you know.

Distract all you want

Social media,

Scribe metrical composition

This book remains unfinished.’

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Hal sits, bright eyed,

Letters and numbers aching to be pressed.

Yet no formula stands to wait for me

To chop and mould this tale.

Trouble

Shaking, hands trembling; barely grips the