Bio
Clare Roche lives in Inner West Sydney on Wangal and Gadigal land. Her poetry has been published in Dwell Time, Leopardskins and Lime, Uppagus, HOOTreview, The Minisons Project and Blue Bottle Journal. Her creative non-fiction was short-listed for the national Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Writing (2020).
Clare Roche
The Miracle
Some winters ago she turned wine into water. Tipped the love affair down the drain. She blacked out ecstatic escapes and evening light that smelt like deep dark heavy reds. For weeks, her dreams swirled with stained lips and laughing stumbling dizzying gulps of life. Now she glides serene, lifts a glass of water, and feels it slip coolly down her throat. She pretends to those around her that she misses what she left behind.