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On writing..
I am prolific
My brain runs off the tracks
Am I, even, complicit?
It comes from the core of me
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Aug 24, 20251 min read


(Feeling) I’m not ‘allowed’
I’ve always had this deep routed belief that there are things in this world that I’m not ‘allowed’ or have less right to. Tenderness, care a
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Aug 24, 20251 min read


Where I write
links and literal responses,
Tarastar, writing
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Jan 26, 20251 min read


Poetry and pattern
Repetition, Never delicious, imprecise but with precision
Staging
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Dec 1, 20241 min read


When are you going to hurt me?
When are you going to
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Nov 26, 20241 min read


Punctuation
Ideas sheared Cut up into ‘ we do it this way ’ Anything outside of the ‘standard’ is feared I appear A smile widening A knowing , that...
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Nov 8, 20241 min read


Hard to know which is which
confusion, delaying diagnosis, questioning everything, self-doubt, undiagnosed childhood ADHD, feeling like an annoyance, feeling misunderst
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Nov 7, 202411 min read


Spilled soup - the crib notes Explaining leaky soup
The cheat sheet - bread and soup Tarastar
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Oct 22, 20241 min read


ADHD and The baby
ADHD awareness, working hard, exhaustion, masking, trying feeling behind shame. The basket on the water, poetry, child like,
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Oct 19, 20241 min read


Not being believed is a huge trigger for me
The concept of truth is a huge one in my life. Truth and lies.
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Oct 19, 20241 min read


What I have to tell you
Emergency alert You are fabulous and always will be A world without you in it would be a sadder place. You are a weeping willow’s...
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Oct 13, 20241 min read


Too many ‘examples’
Tara star, misogyny, harassment, safety
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Sep 28, 20242 min read


Delusions of grandeur
When I think, what’s the point? Well, why not?
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Sep 13, 20243 min read


Being Me
You bend and you flow
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Sep 10, 20241 min read


What no one ever asked for
Why not?
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Aug 29, 20241 min read


Hold On
Lets talk, it's OK to not be OK
Stay
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Aug 8, 20241 min read


February me
Hi, end of August me! Six months ago, on 28th February, I decided that I would blog / write everyday in the month of March and post six...
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Aug 4, 20244 min read


Hi, I’m Tara
Poetry - ADHD - trauma - spoken word Sitting in silence for a moment and not waiting for my voice to fill the moment with whizzing...
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Jun 18, 20242 min read


Doubting me, Body
minimising self, self doubt, shame
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Mar 2, 20241 min read


Poem
At the start..
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Nov 14, 20211 min read














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