Blinking Cursor is a literary magazine showcasing writing from both new and experienced writers of all ages. This issue contains the poetic talent of twenty-three individuals - long poems, short poems, haikus, freeverse and more can all be found within these pages.
Sam Alexandra Rose is a poet, writer and editor born in Northamptonshire, England in 1987. She is a PhD student researching the connection between creative writing and cancer survivorship. She released her first poetry chapbook, Empowerthy, in 2015, which deals with themes of empowerment, empathy and cancer survivorship. Her writing often touches on the latter, with many of her poems being deeply personal and open accounts of her experience as a three-time cancer survivor living with ultra-rare condition Constitutional Mismatch Repair Deficiency (CMMRD). Sam's poems have been published in over 70 literary magazines and anthologies.