Writing

Essays, literary commentary, and work from the margins.

I write about books and ramble about life. Here, I navigate the messy reality of the creative process and the ideas that tend to linger after the last page.

This page brings together selected pieces from my Substack, Kev In The Margins, and the occasional piece that does not fit neatly anywhere else.

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Poem · August 2026

Starry Sky

A poem about a doorstep goodbye at half past ten — the words that come out wrong, a silence that feels like centuries, and the three words that change everything.

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