Lou Collins: Notes Made Whilst Watching an Episode of Murder, She Wrote | BRAW Bursary

Over the past few months, I have been working on poems responding to American TV shows. One of these shows is Murder, She Wrote: the following notes are taken from my notebook, and present some of my reflections whilst watching an episode of the show.

Lou is speaking to a small audience, sitting in a chair. They are holding up their hand as they speak. They are wearing a light coloured dress and glasses. They have long brown hair and a short beard.

 

  1. Jessica is wearing a yellow coat.


  2. Her bracelet has a loose clasp.


  3. A woman walks into a man’s office and begins dancing.


  4. Jessica’s TV is broken.


  5. She does not think the TV show is very well directed.


  6. She offers to help in the kitchen.


  7. A woman takes out the trash.


  8. A man lights a cigarette.


  9. He is run over by a car; his body is left on the road.


  10. Jessica gets her bracelet fixed for free.


  11. She was invited to a little party.


  12. Another woman is bound in a van.


  13. Jessica sparkles.


  14. The solution is all in the olive oil.

 

Episode: S11, E6, ‘The Murder Channel.’


Lou Collins is a student and writer, working primarily in poetry and non-fiction. Recent work appears with SPAM and Sticky Fingers, and they co-host the poetry collective Queerios. Their writing practice often draws on other creative mediums, and their sketchbooks form a key part of the poem-writing process. 

Lou used the Braw Bursary to work on a series of sonnets which engage with questions of queerness through pop culture, with a particular focus on American TV shows such as The Golden Girls and Murder, She Wrote.   

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