Samantha

Samantha is an Australian-Cambodian poet residing in Sydney. She has completed a Master of Creative Writing at Sydney University and is a professional content writer. Her poetry explores themes of culture, identity, generational trauma, love and sexuality. She hopes her words touch as many hearts with healing and empowers others to boldly express who they are.

Lost

I don’t remember my first English wordbut I remember all the Khmer-dubbed Thai moviesthat raised me in the living roomover the hum of sewing machines from the garage.Not a word of English was uttered in my homeexcept for MJ, Madonna and INXS.I