Leigh Hooper

Joined August 2018

173 stories

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A writer in her twenties with a head full of ideas and a room full of books✨

My Instagram handle is: @leighooper

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My heart is charred.
It all goes up in flames, isn't that the saying? One mistake, one match. My ignorance caught alight. I don't usually get burned, but I'm the one paying.
By Leigh Hooper4 months ago in Poets
My dear moon
My dear moon, They say you are a god, the protector of the night, the light that guides the way. I walk where your worshippers once trod.
By Leigh Hooper4 months ago in Poets
Ghosts aren't real
Ghosts aren't real, you know. They just exist in our bones. Trying to break out.
By Leigh Hooper4 months ago in Poets
Only time can undo.... Runner-Up in The Sonnet of Shadows Challenge.
The crack of a window, the light pouring, sweetness in warmth just like a mother's kiss. Yet still in your bed, the darkness gnawing,
By Leigh Hooper4 months ago in Poets
Fall leaves
So, the world breathes out. You are shaken from your trees. The flash, the fall, fall.
By Leigh Hooper4 months ago in Poets
The ephemeral
Gold, auburn, orange. Ever falling down, down, down. The ephemeral.
By Leigh Hooper4 months ago in Poets
My dear autumn
My glimmers of hope fall as graceful as you do, my dear autumn leaves.
By Leigh Hooper4 months ago in Poets
Ninety Seconds
...and maybe it was a stupid thought anyway. I wait. Ninety seconds. That's how long they say it takes to identify an emotion.
By Leigh Hooper5 months ago in Poets
The Cube and The Boat
Everything happens in the Cube. It's your home, it's your place of solace, your place of 57 years of work. It's where you eat, where you sleep, where you live, where you die.
By Leigh Hooper10 months ago in Futurism
Has Leigh Done It? A Resolutions Series (Part 1)
In January I published "New Year's Resolutions...Again" as part of Vocal's New Year, New Projects Challenge, highlighting my plan for my 2025 creative project.
By Leigh Hooper10 months ago in Writers
Tunes To Get Grooving To - A 2025 Special
Should I clear off the cobwebs before I get started? Dust off my virtual record collection? (Read: Spotify playlist) I said that my 2021 edition of Tunes To Get Grooving To would be my last, but frankly I can't stay away.
By Leigh Hooper10 months ago in Beat
When did everyone get so boring?. Top Story - March 2025.
I was originally going to title this article "When did film critics get so boring?" because, let's face it, most of them are.
By Leigh Hooper10 months ago in Geeks