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Seven Women of Saturn by Fern Flourentzou
Seven Women of Saturn by Fern Flourentzou
Fern Flourentzou's Seven Women of Saturn explores relationships from the perspective of a young lesbian chasing straight, unattainable women, eventually tracing these impulses to their roots in childhood.
Aged 27, Flourentzou struggles with suicidal ideation after the breakup of her first relationship with a lesbian. Her depression leads her discover the astrological phenomenon of Saturn's Return which prompts her to write the story of her life in order to understand the lessons she has failed to learn. It asks: can unhealthy patterns be unlearned in the retelling of our stories?
Pausing for breath on the landing— the way I have so many
times before—I feel the red mist evaporate. My emotions do a
headstand. I’ve left her again. A brief feeling of triumph, before
I’m longing once more for what I’ve lost.
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Fern Flourentzou first discovered her gift for poetry when using alchemy on grief, and has since released three collections, The Trouble With Love (From Trouble, With Love), (Lapwing), Pendulum and The Art of Shutting Up (Broken Sleep). Her poems can be found in Belleville Park Pages, The Legendary, JUNGFTAK and Blood Tree Literature. Fern's spoken word piece for the short dance film Shaping Scars was selected for LA Dance Short Film Festival, TIFF, Korea Film Festival, L Fest & Flatlands Dance Film Festival in 2017. In 2022, she won First Prize in the Kent & Sussex Poetry Competition with her poem "I Still Dream About My Ex Lovers.”
