![]() Daley-Ward’s 116,000 and growing Instagram fanbase was key to that. ![]() It’s since been expanded for reissue via Penguin. I don’t need to be subjected to what men think.” With her poems she cuts through that, deep into the parts of herself that she feels have been overseen by superficial, homogenous norms.īone was initially released in 2014 through Amazon’s self-publishing arm. “Why the fuck? Look at the patriarchy, look at rape culture. In a bodycon dress today, she tells me she’s been cat-called “seven times” en route here. ![]() She finds the notion of being objectified irksome. She doesn’t watch TV and prefers to go to the pub to drink Guinness and “chat to old men about their lives”. Daley-Ward is a self-confessed firestarter and has a colourful past. It flew out of her in three months, as she chronicled her bad love affairs, sense of isolation and feelings of inadequacy – an uncomfortable, uninhibited read. Aptly titled, it’s a visceral read candidly documenting her religious upbringing, sexuality and mental-health battles. I wanted to be white, have different hair, know my father, not be religious…’ĭaley-Ward’s debut collection of poetry, Bone, is anything but introverted. “You become introverted, you disappear into yourself.” “But not here…” she sighs and points at her heart. Modelling is an interesting profession because it teaches you so much about here…” She points a finger at her face. “But I was depressed and that made me choke. “I always was a writer,” she explains today in a thick Lancashire accent, sitting in a downtown Los Angeles restaurant close to where she lives. Ironically, however, it was the image-obsessed medium of Instagram that enabled her to pursue the written word. Daley-Ward spent her late teens and early 20s as a model struggling to pay her rent in London, working for brands such as Apple, Topshop, Estée Lauder and Nike. That’s more than double the number she gets for any pictures. This monochrome snapshot of her innermost thoughts has more than 5,200 “likes”. I suppose you know you’re writing the truth when you’re terrified.” These words in black type on a white background make up one of poet Yrsa Daley-Ward’s Instagram posts. If you’re afraid to write it, that’s a good sign.
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