Diane Foster

Joined December 2024

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I’m a professional writer, proofreader, and all-round online entrepreneur, UK. I’m married to a rock star who had his long-awaited liver transplant in August 2025.

When not working, you’ll find me with a glass of wine, immersed in poetry.

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Before I Was the Monster
For the challenge, I have used mad to mean angry, not crazy! This poem gives voice to the part of teenage anger that never really fades, especially when it comes from feeling forgotten, abandoned, or misunderstood.
By Diane Foster9 months ago in Poets
How the Joker Bleeds
At its heart, this poem is about beauty that hurts, masks that harden, and longing for someone to see past the performance and ask, are you okay, really?
By Diane Foster9 months ago in Poets
This Spring is Not the Same
This poem isn’t about flowers in bloom; it’s about what it means to live past your golden hour, to watch the world move on from something that once mattered deeply, and to still carry it — unspoken but undiminished.
By Diane Foster9 months ago in Poets
What I Saw When I Wandered
This poem is about what happens when curiosity isn't just a spark, but a bond — when you become loyal to the journey itself, even if it hurts you.
By Diane Foster9 months ago in Poets
Chrysalis for the Faithful
I used to believe the world was stitched in green, in leaf after leaf, endless and sun-warm, each day just a soft invitation to munch and marvel and do nothing brave at all,
By Diane Foster9 months ago in Poets
The Compass in the Stone
This poem speaks from a version of myself I know intimately — the part that finds comfort in small order, repetition, and the belief that care and control can hold the chaos at bay.
By Diane Foster9 months ago in Poets
The Best Is Still to Come
Hello everyone, Thank you for inviting me to speak — I have no idea who messed up the email chain and thought I was qualified to give a commencement address, but here I am with lipstick on my teeth and a heart full of sincerity, so let’s go with it.
By Diane Foster9 months ago in Critique
Bride of the Bitter Root
This poem is a Gothic lament told through the voice of a bride who becomes both victim and vengeance in the garden that was meant to celebrate her.
By Diane Foster9 months ago in Poets
I Am What the Lock Remembers
At its core, this poem explores how power is preserved not in display, but in silence, in what is hidden, hoarded, or forgotten.
By Diane Foster9 months ago in Poets
Queen of the Unhinged Clock
This poem explores a queen who refuses to be contained by tradition. Her creations are not just machines, but extensions of her will: elegant, terrifying, and completely hers.
By Diane Foster9 months ago in Poets
The Rose and the Servant
Through the symbolism of red — scarlet, cherry, flame, and rose — this poem explores how ideals once held dear can erode over time, leaving behind only quiet resignation and a hunger that refuses to fade.
By Diane Foster10 months ago in Poets
The Traveler Who Never Stays
This poem explores the deep contradiction between the desire for tenderness and the compulsion to stay untethered. Softness becomes the thing most endangered, as time rewards detachment and punishes hesitation.
By Diane Foster10 months ago in Poets

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Before I Was the Monster

How the Joker Bleeds

This Spring is Not the Same

What I Saw When I Wandered

Chrysalis for the Faithful

The Compass in the Stone

The Best Is Still to Come

Bride of the Bitter Root

I Am What the Lock Remembers

Queen of the Unhinged Clock

The Rose and the Servant

The Traveler Who Never Stays

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