Meet Keira Clementine
I grew up in a small Australian town. On wet days the road turned to grey mud and mist moved along the miles of dead grass, and I slipped through the cabbage garden gate with books of poetry, romance, and fantasy under my arm. At home I stirred porridge in a steaming bowl, warmed beer against the cold, set buttered bread and fresh-baked loaves on the rickety table, and scattered feed for the hens in the yard.
We kept herbs tied with the ribbons, and I stitched dresses of wool and linen because there was little money for clothes. I wet my lips with wine when my mother was not looking, spoke a quiet prayer to St. Olav, and read until the characters felt like friends. Those hours are the ones that return in my poems and the romantic fantasy I write now.
What Makes Me Different
I want to help you romanticize your life.
I want to light a candle and set it steady on the altar of your dreams, its light casting a spell so that they come true for you. I want to lead you along the hedge‑rows, past fruit trees drooping with green apples and cherries bright in their dark leaves and kiss you there.
I want to tuck a pale sweet briar behind your ear and pull the quick thorn from your finger. I want to pass a damp cloth over your forehead as though you are a sick child. But because I cannot do these things for you, I give you poetry and romantic fantasy books.
More Than Just Words
Plant-based for over a decade, I dream of a gentle life. Rescued cows sleeping in clover, horses brushed until their coats shine, a warm coop with contented hens, and meadows bright with wildflowers where softness is a strength. At midnight we dip grilled cheese sandwiches into tomato soup and talk about our favourite childhood shows.
I believe in romanticizing everything. Fresh ciabatta torn with your hands so the steam escapes. Dresses that make a man look twice. Ferraris and folklore in the same breath. Anne Rice's vampire novels and the Brontë sisters' gothic romances. Girlhood building its own mythology out of whispered secrets and sweet stolen moments. I am here to give weight to what the world calls small and vapid and to make sure everyday women know their worth.
What Shapes My World
I studied English Literature at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, and then I kept studying in the places that mattered far more to me than the rooms of higher education.
Sofia Coppola’s mediations on girlhood. Lana Del Rey and Bruce Springsteen playing low through the nights. Mary Oliver showing that to look closely is to pray. I write where old and new meet, where a ribboned girl in a field carries the same weight as the greatest historical sagas and epics.