Hi all!

Today we bring you the work of friend of the show Lydia Tai!

Lydia Tai is a disabled, twenty-eight year old Taiwanese-American poet who writes to channel inner energies, and as a coping mechanism for mental health. Lydia is currently working on a novella called “Schizophrenic Superheroes.”

For more of Lydia's work, please visit:

http://heroinchic.weebly.com/blog/poetry-by-lydia-tai

https://twitter.com/lydia__tai

https://www.instagram.com/lydia__tai/

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Hi there,

Today we feature the work of Sunday T. Saheed!

Sunday T. Saheed is a Nigerian writer and the Chairman of Ogun Hilltop Creative Arts Foundation. His works have appeared in Kalahari Review, Applied Worldwide, and Open Leaf Press Review. Sunday T. Saheed was the 1st runner-up for the Nigeria Prize for Teen Authors 2021. He was also one of the 84 finalists for the WSICE (Wole Soyinka International Cultural Exchange) 2018.

"I write because writing is a medium by which all my pains are suppressed. Art holds healing and mirth with it. I’ll advise people who doubt their writing to never do so, again. Give your writing a voice, let the voice be what will speak for you." -Sunday T. Saheed

Thanks for sharing your work with us!

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Hello!

On this Creative Drive, we bring you the work of Mark A. Murphy!

About the Author: Mark A. Murphy is a working class, Ace poet, living with GAD, and OCD. He has poems forthcoming in Cultural Weekly and Acumen. He has had work published in 18 countries. He is a 3 time Pushcart Nominee, and has published seven books of poetry to date, including, 'Tin Cat Alley & Other Poems: Not to be Reproduced' by Venetian Spider Press, 2021. German publisher ‘Moloko Print’ are to publish his latest collection, ‘The Ruin of Eleanor Marx’ in the spring of 2022.

A few words from Mark: I have always thought that poetry can change lives, and still do. I believe artists have a responsibility to step up to the mark, and say the things, others, perhaps less privileged, would like to, or are unable to say. If humanity is to survive the current and impending ecological disaster beyond the next generation, we must learn new ways to live together.

Support Mark here!

https://www.claresongbirdspub.com/featured-authors/mark-a-murphy/   https://waterloopress.co.uk/books/night-wanderers-plea-2019-2/   http://www.molokoplusrecords.de/finder.php?folder=Print&content=75   https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tin-Cat-Alley-other-poems/dp/1734946954

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