hazyn forsythe (they/fae) is a poet and multidisciplinary artist whose work centres mental health, the sapphic and queer experience, and the quiet, stubborn magic of survival.

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about hazyn forsythe

hazyn forsythe (they/fae) is a poet and multidisciplinary artist whose work centres mental health, the sapphic and queer experience, and the quiet, stubborn magic of survival.

neurodivergent and often half-drifting between gardens, archives, and imagined worlds, hazyn weaves together poetry, digital art, userscripts, and memorywork—finding new ways to braid tenderness, autonomy, and imperfection into form.

their first chapbook, i think this feeling is hope, was published in 2022 as a celebration of personal milestones in healing. hazyn’s writing has also appeared in the abandoned playground and monstera by brayford bard press.

in 2023, they were one of the featured poets and artists in the university of lincoln’s ma fine art × ma creative writing exhibition, bare, and contributed to the planning and installation of the exhibition.

hazyn continues to create across mediums—poetry, digital art, userscripts, archival projects—finding new ways to weave memory, tenderness, and autonomy into their work.

they are based in lincoln, uk, but leave pieces of themselves tucked quietly in every garden, archive, and imagined world they touch.

education

_{^(2022-2023)
university of lincoln}ma (hons) creative writing
_{achieved distinction.^(2019-2022)
university of lincoln}ba (hons) creative writing
_{achieved a high 2:1.}

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i think this feeling is hope is hazyn’s first poetry collection, featuring pieces written over several years whilst dealing with and recovering from various mental health experiences.it shows the raw journey from being a teenager battling with ocd and intrusive thoughts, through the stress of being away from home for the first time for university causing a development into psychosis, to the process of recovery.through the years, hazyn not only found out how to live with mental illness, but grew to understand themselves more deeply and come to terms with their sexuality and personal identity.

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‘i think this feeling is hope’,
a chapbook/small collection by hazyn forsythe

when you order through this link, you’re purchasing straight from the source.

most retailers get copies at a 50% wholesale discount;
as a result, i receive a smaller fraction of the profits (usually £2-£3).

here, i receive £5 per copy. the remaining £4.99 covers printing.
no cuts, no storefront mark-ups—just you, me, and the words i chose to share.

BARE was an exhibition that took place in august 2023 at the university of lincoln’s project space plus. it featured creatives from ma creative writing and ma fine arts programmes, bringing the disciplines of poetry, the written word, and traditional arts together as one.

hazyn was one of the featured artists in this exhibition, as well as a member of the planning and creative team behind the event.

Monstera is an anthology of works in forms including fictional prose, poetry, and travel-writing. listed as ‘an assortment of creativity from third year students’, it contains work in a variety of styles and genres.hazyn’s contribution to this anthology was an extract from their erasure piece, ‘sealed’. this was their first dip into experimental poetry.below is the description hazyn gave of their piece during the anthology’s launch event in may 2022: